72 Motorised Brigade

Brigade

5 records in this database

72 Motorised Brigade was a Formation of 7th Infantry Division, a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.

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Formation	Type	Relationship	Dates
7 South African Infantry Division	Division	organic
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Unit	Type	Relationship
1 Light Horse Regiment	Regiment	organic
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12 Field Squadron	Unit	organic
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31 Field Workshop	Unit	organic
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5 Field Ambulance	Unit	organic
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7 Maintenance Unit	Unit	organic
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72 Signal Squadron	Unit	organic
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Johannesburg Regiment	Regiment	organic
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South African Irish Regiment	Regiment	organic
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Transvaal Horse Artillery	Regiment	organic
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Transvaal Scottish	Regiment	organic
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5 on the roll

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Force	Regiment	Corps	Date of Death
31459	MacDONALD	Andrew Hutchinson Jacobus	A H J	Sergeant	SADF		South African Technical Services Corps	1980-11-25
30818	Jans	Johannes Wilhelmus Landerd	J W L	Rifleman	SADF	Johannesburg Regiment		1979-06-10
30417	Giani	Micheal Norman Amos	M N A	Captain	SADF	South African Intelligence Corps		1982-04-03
29968	De Freitas	Douglas Emmaneul	D E	Private	SADF	South African Headquarters		1989-12-30
29887	Crouse	Gabriel Johannes Jacobus Frederik	G J J F	Private	SADF	South African Headquarters		1984-07-16

Home unit recorded elsewhere, but attached to 72 Motorised Brigade per their record.

Name	Rank	Home Unit	Date of Death
Giani, Micheal Norman Amos	Captain	Unknown	1982-04-03
Gibbon, Robert Shepperson	Corporal	1 Special Service Battalion	1976-06-19