TEXT:  2nd South African Infantry Division  
              May 26, 1942 
  By Greg Moore 
  gregpanzerblitz.com 
  May, 2010 
  x 2 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  3rd Royal Durban Light Infantry - Umvoti Mounted Rifles  - Kaffrarian Rifles  
  4th 
  South 
  African 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  1st 
  South 
  African 
  Police 
  6th 
  South 
  African 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  3rd 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  10th Field 
  Company 
  South 
  African 
  Engineers 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  2nd 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  (-) 
  4th Field 
  Company 
  South 
  African 
  Engineers 
  x 3 
  x 2 
  x 9 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  2nd 
  South 
  African 
  Police 
  (-) 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  2nd 
  Trans-
  vaal 
  Scottish 
  (-) 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  Common-
  wealth 
  Keep 
  Strongpoint 
  Garrison 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  Acroma 
  Keep 
  Strongpoint 
  Garrison 
  2nd 
  Transvaal 
  Scottish 
  (-) 
  2nd 
  Transvaal 
  Scottish 
  (-) 
  
         The 2nd South African Division was deployed in the partially stripped defenses of Tobruk at the 
  start of this battle.  Their job was to defend Tobruk, if necessary, and act as a strategic reserve and rally 
  point if some disaster occurred at the front.  When the front was finally broken in the middle of June, a 
  decision was made not to defend Tobruk.  However, under pressure from Churchill, the Allies decided to 
  once again leave a garrison trapped in the port city.  This time, however, the defenses had been stripped 
  for the Gazala line and the position was not strong enough to resist the strong Axis advance.  On June 
  20, 30,000 Allied troops in Tobruk surrendered, including all of this division, except for the 3rd Infantry 
  Brigade and 1st Field Regiment Artillery, which were both absent at the time.  These surviving forma-
  tions were attached to the 1st South African Division while the 2nd South African Infantry Division 
  ceased to exist. 
  2nd West Yorkshire  
   
  3rd Bat / 9th Jat Rgt. 
  9th 
  Indian 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  (attached) 
  x 9 
  x 9 
  Die 
  Middelanse 
  Machine 
  Gun 
  Battalion 
  (-) 
  x 2 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 2 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 9 
  7th SA 
  Recon 
  Battalion 
  x 12 
  x 12 
  2nd SA 
  Light 
  AA 
  Regiment 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  4th 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Royal 
  Artillery 
  20th 
  Bombay 
  Field 
  Company 
  Engineers 
  x 3 
  x 9 
  x 9 
  10th Indian 
  Brigade 
  Machine 
  Gun 
  Company 
  x 3 
  9th Indian 
  Brigade 
  Anti-Tank 
  Company 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  309th 
  Anti-Tank 
  Battery 
  x 3 
  Assume 
  captured 
  Axis AT 
  guns 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1940-1943 North Africa/Battle of Gazala/2ndSouthAfricanGazala.pdf