| 词条 | Western Province Command |
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| unit_name = Western Province Command | image = File:Western Province Command.svg | caption = | dates = 1959 - 1999 | country = {{ZAF}} | countries = | allegiance = | branch = | type = Command | role = | size = | command_structure = {{plainlist|
}}{{Infobox command structure | name = Cape Command[1] | date = 3 September 1939 - July 1940 | parent = Union Defence Force | subordinate =HQ The Castle, Cape Town, Cape Province
}} | garrison = Cape Town, South Africa | garrison_label = | nickname = | patron = | motto =Fidelitas et Honor (Fidelity and Honour) | colors = | colors_label = | march = | mascot = | equipment = | equipment_label = | battles = | anniversaries = | decorations = | battle_honours = | battle_honours_label = | disbanded = 1999 | flying_hours = | website = | current_commander = | commander1 = | commander1_label = | commander2 = | commander2_label = | commander3 = | commander3_label = | commander4 = | commander4_label = | commander5 = | commander5_label = | commander6 = | commander6_label = | commander7 = | commander7_label = | commander8 = | commander8_label = | commander9 = | commander9_label = | notable_commanders = General Magnus Malan | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = | identification_symbol_2 = | identification_symbol_2_label = | identification_symbol_3 = | identification_symbol_3_label = | identification_symbol_4 = | identification_symbol_4_label = }} Western Province Command was a command of the South African Army. HistoryOriginUnion Defence ForceUnder the Union Defence Force, South Africa was originally divided into 9 military districts. By the 1930s this area became Cape Command. [1] Cape Command, (with its headquarters at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, included 3rd Infantry Brigade, 8th Infantry Brigade (Oudtshoorn), the Coast Artillery Brigade (two heavy batteries, two medium batteries, and the Cape Field Artillery), and a battery of the 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment.[2] Western Province Command itself appears to have formed in 1959. Brig Magnus Malan, later Chief of the SADF, took command in 1971. SADFFrom 1 August 1974, units transferred from Western Province Command to the new 71 Motorised Brigade included the Cape Field Artillery, the Cape Town Highlanders, Regiment Westelike Provinsie, Regiment Boland, Regiment Oranjerivier, a South African Engineer Corps field squadron, 74 Signal Squadron SACS, 4 Maintenance Unit, 30 Field Workshop SAOSC, and 3 Field Ambulance.[3]{{Rp|16}} 12 Supply and Transport Company, originally established on 22 August 1961, became 4 Maintenance Unit on 1 September 1971. By the early 1980s Western Province Command included the Cape Garrison Artillery, 101 Signal Squadron, 6 Base Ordnance Depot, Command Workshops (all at Cape Town) the South African Cape Corps Battalion (Eerste River, Western Cape), 2 Military Hospital, 3 Field Ambulance, and three Commandos (all at Wynberg) and 10 Anti-Aircraft Regiment SAA and 4 Electronics Workshops (both at Youngsfield Military Base at Ottery, Cape Town). DisbandmentThis Command was disbanded {{circa|1999}} after the South African Defence Review 1998. Groups and Commando unitsGroup 1 (Youngsfield)
Group 31 (Wellington)
Group 40 (Wingsfield)
Commanders{{Post-start|caption=Officers Commanding|float=}}{{Post-header|post-name=Cape Command ({{circa|1930}}{{ndash}}1959)}}{{Post-member|from-date=December 1933|post-incumbent=Colonel George Brink {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|CB|CBE|DSO}}[4] |to-date=31 January 1937}}{{Post-header|post-name=Western Province Command (1959{{ndash}}1999)}}{{Post-member|from-date=n.d.|post-incumbent=Brig Jan Fourie|to-date=1971}}{{Post-member|from-date=1971|post-incumbent=Brig Magnus Malan {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|SM52}}|to-date=1972}}{{Post-member|from-date=1972|post-incumbent=Brig Helm Roos|to-date=n.d.}}{{Post-end}}See alsoSouth African Army Order of Battle 1940Notes{{notelist|2}}References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Ryan|first1=David A.|title=Union Defence Forces 6 September 1939|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net/site/ww2/drleo/017_britain/39_south-africa/_sa_.html|website=World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations|accessdate=30 November 2014}} {{SA Army Units}}{{SouthAfrica-mil-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/939BIBG.pdf|title=South African Army 1939 - 1940|accessdate=12 January 2014|format=pdf}} 3. ^{{cite book|first1=Lionel, Col (Rtd)|last1=Crook|editor1-first=Michele|editor1-last=Greenbank|title=71 Motorised Brigade: a history of the headquarters 71 Motorised Brigade and of the citizen force units under its command|publisher=L. Crook in conjunction with the South African Legion|year=1994|place=Brackenfell, South Africa|isbn=9780620165242|oclc=35814757}} 4. ^{{cite journal | url=http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/374 | title=SUID-AFRIKAANSE STAATS- en STAATSONDERSTEUNDE MILITÊRE GESKIEDSKRYWING (1924-1987) | last1=Ploeger|first1=Jan | journal=Scientaria Militaria South African Journal of Military Studies | year=1989 | volume=19 | issue=4 | page=27|language=Afrikaans}} 3 : Commands of the South African Army|Military units and formations established in 1959|Military units and formations disestablished in the 1990s |
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