2nd Ministry of William Lyon Mackenzie King

2nd Ministry of Sir John A. Macdonald

2nd Ministry of Pierre Trudeau

2nd Ministry of Arthur Meighen

The 2nd South African Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the army of the Union of South Africa during World War II. The Brigade formed part of the South African 1st Infantry Division and was formed on 13 August 1940. It served in East Africa and the Western Desert and was disbanded on 1 January 1943.In September 1939 Niehorster lists the brigade as being part of Eastern Province Command.In the East African Campaign, the Brigade was led by Brigadier F.L.A. Buchanan and consisted of:1st Natal Mounted Rifles1st Field Force Battalion2nd Field Force BattalionNo. 2 S.A. Armoured Car Company12th Field Company, SA Corps of Engineers12th Field Ambulance, SA Medical CorpsNo. 2 Mobile General Workshops, SA Technical Services Corps3 Brigade Signals Company, SA Corps of SignalsDuring the Western Desert Campaign (at the time of the Second Battle of El Alamein), the Officer Commanding was Brig. W.H.E. Poole and the brigade comprised the following units:1st Cape Town Highlanders SA Infantry Corps1st Natal Mounted Rifles SA Infantry Corps1st Field Force Battalion SA Infantry Corps2nd Field Force Battalion SA Infantry CorpsB Company (Machine Gun), Die Middelandse Regiment SA Infantry Corps4th Company (Machine Gun), Regiment President Steyn SA Infantry Corps1st and 2nd Anti-Tank Batteries SA Artillery Corps3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (less two Troops) SA Artillery Corps1st, 3rd and 14th Field Batteries of 1st Field Regt SA Artillery Corps