9 South African Infantry Battalion is a motorised infantry unit of the South African Army, designated seaborne.
9 SAI emblem
SADF era SA Corps Battalions and 9 SAI insignia
SANDF era Infantry Formation insignia
The military history of South Africa chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time. It covers civil wars and wars of aggression and of self-defense b
Depiction of a Zulu attack on a Boer camp in February 1838
Battle of Rorke's Drift on Jan 22 1879
During the First World War, Smuts (right) and Botha were key members of the British Imperial War Cabinet.
Field Marshal Jan Smuts inspects South African sailors in Alexandria, Egypt, 16 May 1942