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South West African Police

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) 60 UDF — Union Defence Force 24,793 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,692 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 985 SAP — South African Police 3,730 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 158 AUS — Australian forces 164 UK — British forces 4,055 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
SWAPOL until 1990-03-21 158 records

South West African Police, including the Counter-Insurgency Wing Ops-K (Koevoet). Distinct from SWATF (SADF) and from SAP/SAPS. Used when the regiment is South West African Police, SWAPOL, or Koevoet.

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
33673 Venasio Petrus P Special Constable South West African Police South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1982-06-02
33702 Venusiu Simon S Special Constable South West African Police South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1987-03-12
33730 Vilho Lebeus L Special WO South West African Police South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1983-05-07
33731 Vilho Matias M Special Constable South West African Police South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1986-04-11
33732 Vilho Ndjendjela N Special Constable South West African Police South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1987-03-14
33747 Virero Tjiposa T Special Constable South West African Police South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1986-07-09
33784 Wakumbilwa Hepute H Special Sergeant South West African Police South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1988-03-02
33869 Willem Jan Johannes Jacobus A Sergeant South West African Police South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1983-05-10