Regiment Port Natal was a motorised infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation. As a reserve unit, it had a status roughly equivalent to that of a present-day British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit.
Regiment Port Natal | |
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![]() Regiment Port Natal emblem | |
Active | 1969 |
Country | ![]() |
Allegiance | |
Branch | |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Motorised Infantry |
Size | One Battalion |
Part of | South African Infantry Corps Army Conventional Reserve |
Garrison/HQ | Durban |
Motto(s) | Latin: Oppugnamus (Attack) |
History
editOrigin
editIn 1969, Durban Regiment was instructed to transfer all Afrikaans speaking unit members to a newly formed unit, Regiment Port Natal.[1]
Operations
editRegiment Port Natal saw active service on internal security duties in the Natal Province.
Regiment Port Natal was assigned to 84 Motorised Brigade.
Amalgamation
editRegiment Port Natal was eventually amalgamated with Durban Light Infantry Regiment in the 1980s.
Colours
editThe Regiment was awarded its Regimental Colour – a wildebeest head with the motto Oppugnamus on a black silk background – in July 1974 by Mr P W Botha, the then Minister of Defence.
On 14 July 1990, National Colours were presented to the Regiment by Major General D J Mortimer.
Insignia
editDress Insignia
editReferences
edit- ^ Buttigieg, Gerald (14 September 2011). "The Durban Regiment". Facts About Durban. Retrieved 12 October 2022.