6th South African Armoured Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/6th_South_African_Armoured_Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod	1943–1945
gptkbp:awards	Battle Honours: Italy 1944–45
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:South_African_Army
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:disbanded	February 1945
gptkbp:equipment	gptkb:M10_tank_destroyer gptkb:Sherman_tank gptkb:Stuart_tank
gptkbp:formed	February 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	6th South African Armoured Division
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Virtute_et_Prudentia
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:SA_6th_Armoured
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Major_General_W.H.E._Poole
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino gptkb:Gothic_Line gptkb:Liberation_of_Bologna gptkb:Advance_to_Florence
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Liberation_of_Bologna gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Arno_River gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Caprara gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Pezza gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Salvaro gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Sole gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Stanco gptkb:Capture_of_Monte_Vigese Liberation of Florence Advance through the Apennines
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Natal_Field_Artillery gptkb:South_African_Engineer_Corps gptkb:Regiment_Botha gptkb:Regiment_President_Steyn gptkb:South_African_Medical_Corps gptkb:11th_South_African_Armoured_Brigade gptkb:12th_South_African_Motorised_Brigade gptkb:1st_City_Regiment/Regiment_President_Steyn gptkb:24th_Guards_Brigade_(attached) gptkb:First_City/Cape_Town_Highlanders gptkb:Imperial_Light_Horse/Kimberley_Regiment gptkb:Natal_Mounted_Rifles gptkb:Pretoria_Regiment gptkb:Royal_Natal_Carbineers gptkb:South_African_Chaplains_Department gptkb:South_African_Corps_of_Signals gptkb:South_African_Ordnance_Corps gptkb:South_African_Pay_Corps gptkb:South_African_Service_Corps gptkb:South_African_Veterinary_Corps gptkb:Special_Service_Battalion gptkb:Transvaal_Scottish gptkb:Umvoti_Mounted_Rifles gptkb:Witwatersrand_Rifles/Regiment_de_la_Rey gptkb:4th/22nd_Field_Regiment gptkb:6th_South_African_Field_Regiment gptkb:Cape_Field_Artillery gptkb:South_African_Corps_of_Military_Police gptkb:South_African_Postal_Corps gptkb:South_African_Women's_Auxiliary_Services
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)
gptkbp:size	gptkb:division
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations	gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1st_South_African_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6