13 August 1940 – 1 January 1943 1 July 1948 – 1 November 1949
Disbanded
1 January 1943
Country
South Africa
Allegiance
Allied forces of World War II
Branch
South African Army
Type
Infantry
Size
Division
Major battles
Battle 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 Commander
From 13 August 1940: Brigadier George Brink
Subsequent Commander
From 10 March 1942: Major General Dan Pienaar
Insignia
Identification symbol
Military unit
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South African Divisions in the Second World War
Infantry
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division
Armoured
3rd Armoured Division
6th Armoured Division
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East African campaign of World War II
Sudan
British Somaliland (1940)
Tug Argan
French Somaliland
Convoy BN 7
Agordat
British Somaliland (1941)
Keren
Saïo
Amba Alagi
Culqualber
Gondar
Guerrilla war
Associated articles
Gideon Force
Arbegnoch
Red Sea Flotilla
Desert Air Force
East Indies Station
East Africa Force
Order of battle
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Western Desert Campaign
1940
Invasion of Egypt
Compass
Nibeiwa
Sidi Barrani
1941
1st Bardia
Tobruk 1941
Mechili
Beda Fomm
Kufra
Giarabub
Sonnenblume
Tobruk siege
2nd Bardia
Twin Pimples
Brevity
Skorpion
Battleaxe
Crusader
Flipper
1st Bir el Gubi
Point 175
2nd Bir el Gubi
1942
Acrobat
Gazala
Bir Hakeim
Tobruk 1942
Mersa Matruh
1st Alamein
Sidi Haneish
Alam Halfa
Agreement
Bigamy
Caravan
Nicety
2nd Alamein
Bertram
Braganza
Outpost Snipe
El Agheila
Associated articles
Frontier Wire
Devil's gardens
Fort Capuzzo
Maletti Group
Camouflage
Babini Group
Combeforce
3rd Indian Motor Brigade
Baggush Box
Sonderkommando Blaich
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]
^South African Defence Review via http://www.rhodesia.nl/sadfhist.htm Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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