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Rand Light Infantry

Regiment
112 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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Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Light Infantry — Reserve Category organic
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3rd South African Infantry Brigade Brigade organic 1940-05-13 – 1940-12-31
South African Army order of battle 1940 (expeditionary / mobilisation brigades).

Eras

Dates Force Role Status
1913-01-01 UDF Infantry Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Originated 1905 as the Transvaal Cycle Corps; became 11th Infantry (Rand Light Infantry) and transferred to the Active Citizen Force in 1913; renamed Rand Light Infantry 1932. Merged with Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1942-45 (WWII), re-established as a reserve unit post-war, serving in the Border War. Source
1994-04-27 SANDF Infantry (Light) Reserve Force
Listed under South African Army Infantry (Light) (Reserve) in the SA Army Units navbox. Source

Personnel

112 on the roll across 3 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (112) Union Defence Force (107) South African Defence Force (4) South African National Defence Force (1)
# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Unit Date of Death
28886 Wright Humphrey Willesden H W Lance Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
28742 Woldemar Leopold David L D Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-01-02
28666 Wimble Hewitt Edward Mervyn H E M Lance Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
28086 Wessels A H Lance Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-29
27978 Weeks Cassandra Valeria C V Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
27787 Wasserman Cornelius J C C J C Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 2nd Bn. 1940-12-22
27789 Wasserman Joshua J Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-29
27748 Warne Keith K Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
27717 Ward Richard Godfrey R G Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1944-08-19
27314 Vey Alfred Edward A E Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-24
27111 Van Wyk Hendrik H Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
27113 Van Wyk Hendrik J W. H J W Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
26741 Van Der Westhuizen J H Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
25377 Toner J G Sergeant UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-24
25143 Thompson Robert Sidney R S Sergeant UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1943-12-08
24780 Taute Claude Whitcomb C W Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
24199 Steyn Christian Wynand C W Lance Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1942-05-29
24089 Stephen Frank F Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1944-01-28
24072 Stein Harry H Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
23930 St. Julian M A L Sergeant UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-08-08
23649 Smith Waldron Melford W M Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps "A" Coy. 1942-02-11
23105 Silberman Wilfred Meyer W M Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1941-02-19
22956 Shield Robert R Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-07-20
22337 Scallan James Frederick J F Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
22314 Savage R C Lance Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
22295 Saunders George Dey G D Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
22089 Rust E E Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
32733 Ross Brian Alan B A Rifleman SADF Rand Light Infantry Negev 1977-10-05
21535 Ritters William Johannes Lewis W J L Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
21506 Riley Albert Alexander A A Sergeant UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
21313 Reinhardt Frederick H F H Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-09-09
20645 Pretorius Abraham Jacobus A J Sergeant UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
20647 Pretorius Barend Samuel Christoffel B S C Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
20255 Pienaar Pierre Gideon P G Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-05-29
20102 Pettersen Norman Victor N V Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1945-02-14
20003 Petch John Edward J E Sergeant UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
19925 Pelser Willem Jacobus W J Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps "A" Coy. 1942-02-11
19915 Peirce P G Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
19190 Oborne Alfred Frank A F Captain UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
19438 O'regan Cyril Dominic C D Lance Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1941-12-31
18988 Norton Errol Sefton E S Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-06-04
18331 Nash Benjamin Herbert B H Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-11-28
32002 Morrison Douglas Angus D A Second Lieutenant SADF South African Engineer Corps Rand Light Infantry 1971-11-18
17456 Morison D Lance Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31
31988 Moolman Errol Carl E C Lance Corporal SADF Rand Light Infantry SAS Donkin 1982-03-09
16173 McLETCHIE Thomas Johannes T J Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-10-23
15951 McDOWALL H Corporal UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1942-01-01
15888 McCRANN Douglas Noel D N Lieutenant UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1st 1942-06-07
15228 Marshall Kenneth Richard K R Staff Sergeant UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st Bn. 1st 1942-10-17
14267 MacKay James Andrew J A Private UDF Rand Light Infantry South African Infantry Corps 1st 1941-12-31