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Bambatha Rifles
The Bambatha Rifles (formerly the Witwatersrand Rifles) is a reserve mechanised infantry regiment of the South African Army.
The Witwatersrand Rifles (often familiarly known as the "Wits Rifles or the Wit Rifles") was formed by proclamation on 1 May 1903 and absorbed the members of the Railway Pioneer Regiment and the Rand Rifles, both of which had fought on the British side during the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899 – 1902.
As befitted a regiment based from the gold-rich Witwatersrand region, it had a very close relationship with the mining establishment of the time; and its cap badge further emphasised this link.
The regiment first saw action during the Bambata Rebellion of 1906, when it deployed a contingent to (the then) Zululand.
In 1907 the regiment was further strengthened when it absorbed the Transvaal Light Infantry Regiment.
The regiment was mobilised again when World War I broke out.
The first action that it took part in was the South African invasion of German South-West Africa (now Namibia).
After the successful conclusion of this campaign, virtually all members volunteered for overseas service.
Bambatha Rifles
The Bambatha Rifles (formerly the Witwatersrand Rifles) is a reserve mechanised infantry regiment of the South African Army.
The Witwatersrand Rifles (often familiarly known as the "Wits Rifles or the Wit Rifles") was formed by proclamation on 1 May 1903 and absorbed the members of the Railway Pioneer Regiment and the Rand Rifles, both of which had fought on the British side during the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899 – 1902.
As befitted a regiment based from the gold-rich Witwatersrand region, it had a very close relationship with the mining establishment of the time; and its cap badge further emphasised this link.
The regiment first saw action during the Bambata Rebellion of 1906, when it deployed a contingent to (the then) Zululand.
In 1907 the regiment was further strengthened when it absorbed the Transvaal Light Infantry Regiment.
The regiment was mobilised again when World War I broke out.
The first action that it took part in was the South African invasion of German South-West Africa (now Namibia).
After the successful conclusion of this campaign, virtually all members volunteered for overseas service.
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