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3 unusual facts about Transvaal Horse Artillery


Transvaal Horse Artillery

From 1960 to 1968, the THA was affiliated to the University of the Witwatersrand and was known as the Witwatersrand University Regiment.

As a part of 5 South African Infantry Brigade Group, the THA suffered considerable losses during heavy action which saw it firing over open sights at the panzers of the Afrika Korps.

During the 1922 strike the THA took part in the Battle of Brixton Bridge and in the clearing of Fordsburg.



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