List of South African Commando Units

This is a list of the South African Commando Units. It includes some units which were created to assist in the training or support of the Commandos.[1]

Unit List

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Group 1

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 1 (HQ Kelvin)
GSB Youngsfield (10 x Commandos)
Two Oceans Commando Cape Town
Cape Flats Commando Cape Town  
False Bay Commando Cape Town  
Koeberg Commando Cape Town  
Lions Head Commando Cape Town  
Skiereiland Commando/Peninsula Commando Cape Town  
Tygerberg Commando Cape Town  
Wynberg Commando Cape Town  

Group 2

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 2 (HQ Oudtshoorn)
GSB Oudtshoorn (8 x Commandos)
Oudtshoorn Commando Oudtshoorn  
Worcester Commando  

Group 3

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 3[a]
Alexander Bay Commando  
Springbok Commando  

Group 4

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 4[a]
Knysna Commando Western Cape  
Mossel Bay Commando Western Cape  
Outeniekwa Commando Western Cape  
Riversdal Commando Western Cape  
Klein Karoo Commando Western Cape  

Group 5

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 5[a]
Middel Karoo Commando  
De Aar Commando  

Group 6

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 6 (HQ Port Elizabeth)
GSB Port Elizabeth 15 x Commandos
De Mist Commando/Uitenhage Commando /  
Donkin Commando  
Humansdorp Commando  
Kirkwood Commando  
Port Elizabeth Commando Eastern Cape  
Recife Commando  

Group 7

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 7 (HQ Grahamstown)
Cradock Commando  
Katberg Commando  
Murraydeen Commando  
Somerset East Commando  
Stormberg Commando  
Midland Commando[b]  

Group 8

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 8 (HQ East London)
Cately Commando East London  
East London Commando East London  

Group 9

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 9 (HQ Pietermaritzburg)
GSB Pietermaritzburg (5 x Commandos)
Pietermaritzburg Commando/Natalia Regiment  
Umkomaas Commando  
Umvoti Commando Durban[c]  
Midmar Commando  
Weenen-Kliprivier Commando  
Griqualand-East Commando  

Group 10

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 10 (HQ Montclair, Durban)
GSB Durban (6 x Commandos)
Bluff Commando
Highway Commando
Umgeni Commando
Durban South Commando
Durban North Commando
South Coast Commando
Oribi Commando

Group 11

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 11 (HQ Dundee)
Drakensberg Commando
Dundee and District Commando

Group 12

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 12 (HQ Ermelo)
GSB Nelspruit (11 x Commandos)
Bethal Commando
Ermelo Commando
Piet Retief Commando
Secunda Commando
Standerton Commando
Volksrust Commando
Wakkerstroom Commando

Group 13

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 13[a]
Letaba Commando
Phalaborwa Commando

Group 14

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 14 (HQ Pietersburg)
GSB Pietersburg (7 x Commandos)
Pietersburg Commando
Limpopo Commando(SMA)
Magdol Commando
Soutpansberg Commando(SMA)
Thabazimbi Commando
Warmbad Commando
Waterberg Commando Nylstroom
Potgietersrus Commando

Group 15

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 15 (HQ Thaba Tshwane)
GSB Thaba Tshwane (6 x Commandos)
Broederstroom Commando
Bronkhorstspruit Commando
Hercules Commando
Hillcrest Commando
Irene Commando
Moot Commando
Munitoria Commando
Pretoria East Commando
Quaggapoort Commando
Schanskop Commando
Wonderboom Commando

Group 16

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 16 (HQ Marievale)
GSB Johannesburg (8 x Commandos)
Delmas Commando
Heidelberg Commando
Nigel Commando
Springs Commando

Group 17

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 17 (HQ Midvaal)
SASOL Commando
Regiment Sasolburg
Iscor Commando
Krugersdorp Commando
Meyerton Commando
Vaal Commando
Vanderbijl Commando
Vereeniging Commando

Group 18

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 18 (HQ Doornkop)
GSB Johannesburg (11 x Commandos)
East Park Commando
Johannesburg East Commando
Johannesburg West Commando
Randburg Commando
Roodepoort Commando
Wemmerpan Commando
West Rand Commando

Group 19

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 19[a]
Brits Commando
Koster Commando
Rustenburg Commando
Zeerust Commando

Group 20

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 20 (HQ Mmabatho)
GSB Potchefstroom (9 x Commandos)
Bloemhof Commando
Christiana Commando
Coligny Commando
Lichtenburg Commando
Marico Commando
Ottosdal Commando
Schweizer Reineke Commando

Group 21

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 21[a]
Kalahari Commando
Kuruman Commando
Mafikeng Commando
Stellaland Commando
Iscor Sishen Commando

Group 22

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 22 (HQ Diskobolos)
GSB Kimberley (10 x Commandos)
11 Commando  
Barkly West Commando
Herbert Commando
Hopetown Commando
Kimberley Commando
Karoo Commando
Vaalharts Commando
Victoria West Commando

Group 23

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 23 (HQ Upington)
GSB Lohathla (7 x Commandos)
Boegoeberg Commando
Gordonia Commando
Kakamas Commando
Hay Commando
Orania Commando
Prieska Commando

Group 24

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 24 (HQ Kroonstad)
GSB Kroonstad (17 x Commandos)
Heilbron Commando
Hoopstad Commando
Koppies Commando
Kroonstad Commando
Lindley Commando
Parys Commando
SASOL Commando
Regiment Sasolburg
Senekal Commando
Virginia Commando
Vrede Commando

Group 25

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 25 (HQ Bethlehem)
Bethlehem Commando
Frankfort Commando
Harrismith Commando
Reitz Commando

Group 26

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 26 (HQ, Jacobsdal)
Jacobsdal Commando
Phillipolis Commando
Rouxville Commando
Winburg Commando
Zastron Commando

Group 27

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 27 (HQ Eshowe)
GSB Ladysmith (5 x Commandos)
Drakensberg Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal  
Dundee and District Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal  
Pongola Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal  
Tugela Commando Durban[c]  
Insele Commando[d] Kwa-Zulu Natal  
Northern Natal Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal
Umkhombe Commando Kwa-Zulu Natal  

Group 28

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 28[a]
Belfast Commando
Carolina Commando
Loskop Commando
Middelburg Commando
Witbank Commando

Group 29

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 29[a]
Kudusrand Commando Limpopo  
Northam Commando Limpopo  

Group 30

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 30 (HQ Potchefstroom)
GSB Potchefstroom (12 x Commandos)
Potchefstroom Commando
Cachet Commando
Delareyville Commando
Gatsrand Commando
Hartbeesfontein Commando
Klerksdorp Commando
NASChem Commando
Orkney Commando/Noordvaal Commando
Ventersdorp Commando
Wolmaransstad Commando

Group 31

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 31 (HQ Wellington)
Caledon Commando
Calvinia Commando
Hantam Commando
Paarl Commando
Stellenbosch Commando
Swellendam Commando
Winterberg Commando
Worcester Commando

Group 32

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 32 (HQ Graaff-Reinet)
Amatola Commando
Graaff-Reinet Commando

Group 33

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 33 (HQ Nelspruit)
GSB Nelspruit (8 x Commandos)
Barberton Commando
Nelspruit Commando
Kruger National Park Commando
Lebombo Commando
Long Tom Commando
Lydenburg Commando
Whiteriver Commando

Group 34

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 34 (HQ Welkom)
Bothaville Commando
Bultfontein Commando
Odendaalsrus Commando
Theunissen Commando
Sandrivier Commando
Goudveld Commando

Group 35

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 35 (HQ Bloemfontein)
Bloemfontein City Commando  
Bloemfontein District Commando  
Boshof Commando  
Brandfort Commando  
Edenburg Commando  
Ficksburg Commando  
Smithfield Commando  
University OFS Commando
Wepener Commando  
Fouriesburg Commando  

Group 36

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 36 (HQ Tempe/Ladybrand)
GSB Bloemfontein (16 x Commandos)
Caledon River Commando  
Fauresmith Commando  
Ladybrand Commando  
Senekal Commando  

Group 39

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 39 (HQ Queenstown)
Aliwal North Commando  
Barkly East Commando  
Queenstown Commando  

Group 40

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 40 (HQ Wingsfield)
Clanwilliam Commando  
Piketberg Commando  
Swartland Commando  
Van Rhynsdorp Commando  
West Coast Commando  

Group 41

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 41 (HQ Primrose)
Atlas Commando Transvaal  
Benoni Commando Transvaal  
Brakpan Commando Transvaal  
Boksburg Commando Transvaal  
Germiston Commando Transvaal  
Kempton Park Commando Transvaal  

Group 42

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 42 (HQ Lenz)
Alberton Commando  
Edenvale Commando[e] [f]  
Modderfontein Commando  
Sandton Commando[g]  
West Park Commando[h]

Group 46

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 46 (HQ Umtata)
GSB Port Elizabeth (7 x Commandos)

Group 50

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SWATF Area Force Units
Unit Area Insignia
Group 50
Alte Feste Commando (SWATF) Namibia  
Bo-Nossob Commando (SWATF) Namibia  
Etosha Commando (SWATF)  
Grootfontein Commando (SWATF)  
Keetmanshoop Commando (SWATF)  
Maltahohe Commando (SWATF)  
Mariental Commando (SWATF)  
Otjiwarongo Commando (SWATF)  
Outjo Commando (SWATF)  
Walvis Bay Military Area
Walvis Bay Commando Walvis Bay  

Unsorted

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SA Commando Units
Unit Area Insignia
Unsorted
Danie Theron Combat School Northern Cape  
South West Karoo Commando South West Karoo
Stormrivier Commando Western Cape

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Collapsed into other groups
  2. ^ Previously Fort Beaufort Commando
  3. ^ a b Part of Natal Command in late 1970s.[2]
  4. ^ Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2, 1981 (43 years ago) (1981-03-02)
  5. ^ Also Rietfontein Commando?
  6. ^ Possibly under Group 41
  7. ^ Previously West Park Commando
  8. ^ Renamed Sandton Commando

References

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  1. ^ "South African Unit Profiles: Commandos". War in Angola.
  2. ^ Keegan, John (1 January 1979). World Armies (1st ed.). Facts on File. ISBN 978-0871964076. cited in Orbann USN, Lt Cdr Carl T. (1 June 1984). South African Defense Policy (Masters). Monterey, CA: Naval Postgraduate School. p. 124.
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