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Union 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 3,870 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 1,040 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
UDF 1912-07-01 – 1957-10-31 24,809 records

The Union Defence Force was established on 1 July 1912 under the South Africa Defence Act, 1912, after the Union of South Africa (1910). It brought together the colonial and Boer military forces of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal and Orange Free State. The UDF served in the First World War (including German South-West Africa, East Africa, and the Western Front) and the Second World War. It was replaced by the South African Defence Force on 1 November 1957.

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
6512 Egner Max Grenwell M G Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-07-06
6513 Ehke Frederick F Private 1st South African Infantry H.Q. 1916-07-18
6514 Ehlers Anthony Christopher A C Trooper South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles) 1st Bn. 1944-07-06
6515 Ehlers A P Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1941-11-23
6516 Ehlers George Archibald Clark G A C Conductor South African Service Corps (Corps) Animal Transport 1917-03-30
6517 Ehlers Pieter Daniel P D Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1941-12-09
6518 Ehmke Wilhelm Fredrick W F Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1941-08-25
6520 Eke William James W J Private 7th South African Infantry 1916-03-11
6420 Eksteen Peter P Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-08-31
6521 Eksteen Nicolaas Johannes N J Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 1944-06-15
6522 Eland Piet P Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Medical Section 1917-02-21
6523 Eland Robert R Private 3rd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-01-04
6524 Elder Andrew A Private 9th South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-11-18
6525 Elder James Weir J W Private 4th South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-10-19
6526 Elee Allie A Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1941-12-01
6527 Elford Harry H Private South African Rifles 2nd 1916-07-26
6528 Elgar Charles Frederick C F Private 2nd South African Infantry 1916-10-16
6529 Elgin George E G E Air Corporal South African Air Force (Corps) 37 Flt 1942-07-24
6530 Eli Thomas T Private 3rd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-10-12
6532 Elias Fred F Driver South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-09-26
6533 Eliason Jack J Trooper Prince Alfred's Guard 1944-06-10
6534 Eliastam Simon S Air Sergeant South African Air Force (Corps) 72 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-07-23
6536 Eliot Algernon Ernest Albert A E A Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1945-04-10
6538 Elkington Albert Henry Charles A H C Private 3rd South African Infantry 1917-09-21
6539 Ell Percie Samuel P S Private South African Railway Services 1916-06-20
6543 Ellie W B Private Cape Corps 1947-10-12
6544 Ellingworth Arthur Joseph A J Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-04-12
6545 Elliot Arthur Ernest A E Private South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1946-10-23
6546 Elliot Dudley D Burgher Mounted Commandos Winburg Commando 1914-11-08
6548 Elliot Edward Ronald E R Leading Seaman South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S. Gloucester 1941-05-22
6549 Elliot Frank F Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-06-23
6550 Elliot Harry George H G Lieutenant 3rd South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1916-07-18
6572 Elliot-Wilson Eric Gordon E G Lieutenant 21 Squadron 1944-06-30
6573 Elliot-Wilson Thomas Kingscote T K Regimental Sergeant Major South African Service Corps (Corps) M.t. 1919-09-13
6552 Elliott Charles Howe C H Quartermaster Sergeant 5th South African Infantry 1916-12-27
6553 Elliott David D Lieutenant 17 Squadron 1944-08-05
6554 Elliott Edward Francis E F Private 1st South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1916-07-18
6556 Elliott Garth Deacon G D Private Regiment President Steyn 1942-07-10
6558 Elliott Henry H Private 3rd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-07-18
6561 Elliott John B J B Pupil Pilot 22 Air School 1943-12-21
6563 Elliott Leonard Glanville L G Private 4th South African Infantry 1916-10-12
6565 Elliott Robert John R J Mechanician South African Service Corps (Corps) M.t. 1918-12-10
6566 Elliott Seaton Theodore S T Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 1/6 Field Regiment 1944-06-10
6567 Elliott Thomas Alexander T A Signaller South African Corps of Signals (Corps) 1943-07-25
6568 Elliott Thomas Breedon T B Staff Sergeant General Service Corps (Corps) 1943-08-23
6569 Elliott Thomas Raymond T R Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1942-02-15
6571 Elliott Walter John Evelyn W J E Private 1st South African Infantry 1916-10-18
6574 Ellis Albert Edward A E Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1st Bn. 1941-04-22
6576 Ellis Clifford Henry Lance C H L Lieutenant 24 Squadron 1943-09-21
6577 Ellis C R Private Technical Service Corps (Corps) 1947-02-20