TEXT:  1st 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 
  1st Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles  - 1st Royal Natal Carabineers - 1st Transvaal Scottish  
  1st 
  South 
  African 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  1st Cape Town Highlanders  - 1st Natal Mounted Rifles  - 1st/2nd Field Force Battalion 
  2nd 
  South 
  African 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  1st Imperial Light Horse - 1st Rand Light Infantry - 1st Royal Durban Light Infantry 
  3rd 
  South 
  African 
  Infantry 
  Brigade 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  1st 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  1st Field 
  Company 
  South 
  African 
  Engineers 
  x 3 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  4th 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  3rd Field 
  Company 
  South 
  African 
  Engineers 
  x 3 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  5th 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  2nd Field 
  Company 
  South 
  African 
  Engineers 
  x 3 
  
         The 1st South Africa guarded the northern part of the Allied line in the Battle of Gazala.  To help 
  against possible German panzer attacks, they had almost a regiment of Matilda tanks attached and ready 
  for action.  While the major action took place 50 miles south, the South Africans enjoyed relative calm 
  in their part of the front as the mostly Italian Infantry force in their front sat quietly, patiently waiting for 
  the Allies to break in the south.  By the middle of June, the Allies decided that the position was lost and 
  the Africans were ordered to retreat to the Egyptian border, acting as a rear guard for part of the time. 
  x 12 
  x 12 
  President 
  Steyn 
  Machine 
  Gun 
  Battalion 
  x 9 
  3rd SA 
  Recon 
  Battalion 
  x 4 
  x 4 
  7th 
  Field 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  x 12 
  1st SA 
  Anti-Tank 
  Regiment 
  x 12 
  x 12 
  x 12 
  1st SA 
  Light 
  AA 
  Regiment 
  x 9 
  2nd SA 
  Anti-Tank 
  Regiment 
  (-) 
  x 9 
  x 7 
  x 1 
  A + C 
  42nd 
  RTR 
  (attached) 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  67th 
  Medium 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  (attached) 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  68th 
  Medium 
  Regiment 
  Artillery 
  (attached) 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1940-1943 North Africa/Battle of Gazala/1stSouthAfricanGazala.pdf