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1st South African Infantry Division
Active13 August 1940 – 1 January 1943
1 July 1948 – 1 November 1949
Disbanded1 January 1943
Country1st South African Infantry Division South Africa
AllegianceAllied forces of World War II
Branch1st South African Infantry Division South African Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Major battlesBattle of El Yibo
Battle of Mega
Battle of Gazala
First Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Tel el Eisa
Second Battle of El Alamein
Commanders
First CommanderFrom 13 August 1940: Brigadier George Brink
Subsequent CommanderFrom 10 March 1942: Major General Dan Pienaar
Insignia
Identification
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The 1st South African Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa. During World War II the division served in East Africa from 1940 to 1941 and in the Western Desert Campaign from 1941 to 1942. The division was disbanded on 1 January 1943, for conversion into what would become the 6th South African Armoured Division. The division was also briefly active after the war from 1 July 1948 to 1 November 1949.[1]

  1. ^ South African Defence Review via http://www.rhodesia.nl/sadfhist.htm Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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