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South African Defence Force

South African and related defence-force eras recorded on the roll. SAP, SAPS, and SWAPOL are tagged as Forces. Merchant navy and civilian war-dead are left blank. Foreign and Boer units are tagged when the regiment name is unambiguous (e.g. Australian Field Artillery → AUS).

BOER — Boer forces 5,172 COLONIAL — Colonial forces (pre-Union) 405 UDF — Union Defence Force 24,809 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,857 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 1,029 SAP — South African Police 3,732 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 159 AUS — Australian forces 164 UK — British forces 4,066 CAN — Canadian forces 58 NZ — New Zealand forces 43 IND — Indian forces 36 IDF — Israeli Defence Forces 81 US — United States forces 7 GER — German forces 4
SADF 1957-11-01 – 1994-04-26 3,857 records

The South African Defence Force replaced the Union Defence Force on 1 November 1957. It comprised the Army, Air Force, Navy and later the South African Medical Service. National service (diensplig) ran for much of this period. The SADF fought the Border War in South West Africa and Angola (1966–1989) and was used internally in the later apartheid years. On 27 April 1994 it was amalgamated into the South African National Defence Force together with the TBVC homeland forces and the former guerrilla armies of Umkhonto we Sizwe and the Azanian People's Liberation Army.

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
49865 le Roux Charlotte Cecelia C C Private South African Army Women's College, George 1978-10-06
49870 le Roux Andries Willem A W Captain Administrative Services Corps 1954-10-05
49883 van Biljon Charl Wilhelm Christiaan C W C Corporal South African Medical Corps 1 Military Hospital 1953-10-10
49866 van Heerden Petrus Schalk P S Trooper South African Armoured Corps Army Battle School 1981-10-05
49723 van Oostrum Omius O Commandant North West Command 1978-04-24
49878 van Rooyen Johannes Willem J W Rifleman South African Infantry Corps 95 Ammunition Depot 1979-10-07
49869 van Wyngaardt David D Private South African Corps of Engineers 1 Construction Regiment 1978-10-04