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An Army base is located in Kimberley which is home to the Air Defence Artillery School, 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Air Defence Artillery), 3 South African Infantry Battalion (basic training), the Kimberley Regiment (Motorised Infantry) and 44 Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Air Defence Artillery).
44 Air School Grahamstown: Oxford, Anson, Battle: Navigation & bombing 11 Nov 1940 12 Jan 1942 "All for the Same Cause" Taken over by SA Army, now 6 SA Inf Bn 45 Air School Oudtshoorn: Oxford, Anson, Battle Air Observer (Type B) 11 Nov 1940 20 Aug 1945 "Primus Inter Pares" "Sprog" Civil airfield & SA Army 47 Air School Queenstown: Anson, Oxford
The Oudtshoorn army base houses the South African Infantry School. [citation needed] The Oudtshoorn airport is the site of 45 Air School used for training in World War II from 11 November 1940 to 20 August 1945.
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The Oudtshoorn army base houses the South African Infantry School. The infantry corps contains a total of 26 reserve battalions in the following roles: Mechanised Infantry – 6 battalions; Motorised Infantry – 14 battalions; Light Infantry – 3 battalions; Parachute Infantry – 1 battalion; Air Assault Infantry – 2 battalions
Under the Union Defence Force, South Africa was originally divided into 9 military districts. By the 1930s this area became Cape Command. [2] Cape Command, (with its headquarters at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, included 3rd Infantry Brigade, 8th Infantry Brigade (Oudtshoorn), the Coast Artillery Brigade (two heavy batteries, two medium batteries, and the Cape Field Artillery), and a ...
The South African Infantry School is within the Army Base in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. The Infantry School, now at Oudtshoorn, was established in November 1953, after a history dating back to the South African Military School in Bloemfontein, established in 1912. It is the Infantry’s “centre of excellence” and offers a number of infantry ...
The first South African Special Forces unit, 1 Reconnaissance Commando, was established in the town of Oudtshoorn, Cape Province on 1 October 1972. On 1 January 1975, this unit was relocated to Durban, Natal, [8] where it continued its activities as the airborne specialist unit of the special forces.