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Natal Carbineers

Regiment

Name history

1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) (until 1934)
Natal Carbineers (1934–1935) — this name
Reverted from "1st/2nd Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)" to "1st/2nd Natal Carbineers" — part of a UDF-wide 1934 round of changes that dismounted several mounted-rifle units to infantry (confirmed pattern for Umvoti Mounted Rifles); exact Natal Carbineers dismounting date not independently confirmed for this regiment specifically.
Royal Natal Carbineers (1935–1961)
"Royal" conferred (same act as Durban Light Infantry).
Natal Carbineers (from 1961) — this name
Republic of South Africa, 31 May 1961: "Royal" dropped (same republic-wide change as Durban Light Infantry).

6 records in this database

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Formation	Type	Relationship	Dates
German South West Africa Campaign 1915 › Units	Category	organic
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1st South African Infantry Brigade	Brigade	organic	1940-05-13 – 1940-12-31
South African Army order of battle 1940 (expeditionary / mobilisation brigades).

Dates	Force	Role	Status
1934-01-01 – 1934-12-31	UDF	Infantry	Active Citizen Force
Probable dismounting date, not independently confirmed for this specific regiment. Source

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Regiment	Unit	Date of Death
29741	Christopher	Vernon Joseph William	V J W	Lance Corporal	Natal Carbineers	11 Commando	1906-07-05
32420	Palmer	Richard Charles	R C	Rifleman		Natal Carbineers	1976-10-10
32421	Palvi	Anthony Keith	A K			Natal Carbineers	1980-11-14
33015	Smith	Henry	H	Sergeant	Natal Carbineers	35 Sqdn.	1906-01-18
33061	St. John Ayre	Cecil Derrick	C D	Lance Corporal	Natal Carbineers	16 Maintenance Unit	1965-05-18
3281	Zunckel	Ivan Maurice	I M	Second Lieutenant	Natal Carbineers	2nd	1934-01-27