South African 6th Armoured Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/South_African_6th_Armoured_Division

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation_(USA)
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:South_African_Army
gptkbp:component	gptkb:Cape_Town_Highlanders gptkb:South_African_Engineer_Corps 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:4th/22nd_Field_Regiment,_South_African_Artillery gptkb:6th_South_African_Armoured_Recce_Regiment 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_Field_Postal_Unit gptkb:South_African_Military_Police gptkb:South_African_Ordnance_Corps gptkb:South_African_Pay_Corps gptkb:South_African_Provost_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
gptkbp:country	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:disbanded	February 1946
gptkbp:formed	February 1943
gptkbp:foughtIn	gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino gptkb:Italian_Campaign gptkb:Battle_of_Florence gptkb:Gothic_Line
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:South_Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	South African 6th Armoured Division
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:6th_SA_Armoured_Division
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Major_General_Evered_Poole gptkb:Major_General_W.H.E._Poole
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Liberation_of_Bologna gptkb:Advance_to_the_Po_River gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Caprara gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Porro_del_Bagno gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Sole gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Vigese gptkb:Crossing_of_the_Arno_River Liberation of Florence
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:size	gptkb:division
gptkbp:type	Armoured division
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Italian_campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6