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1940
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The 3rd South African Infantry Brigade was an
infantry
brigade of the
army of the
Union of South Africa during
World War II . The Brigade formed part of the
South African 1st Infantry Division and was formed on 13 August 1940. It served in the
Western Desert and was disbanded on 1 January 1943.
During the
Western Desert Campaign (at the time of the Second Battle of El Alamein), the Officer Commanding was Brig. R.J. Palmer and the brigade comprised the following units:
[1]
3rd South African Infantry Brigade
Citations
^ Orpen Vol III Appendix 4
Bibliography
Orpen, N. War in the Desert: South African Forces World War II: Volume III . 1971, Purnell, Cape Town.
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