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Union Defence Force

South African and related defence-force eras recorded on the roll. Police, Rhodesian, Boer, and most foreign forces are left blank on a person record.

COLONIAL — Colonial forces (pre-Union) 0 UDF — Union Defence Force 22,701 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,384 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 922 SAP — South African Police 1
UDF 1912-07-01 – 1957-10-31 22,701 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
7391 Fortuin Carel C Private 1943-07-18
7392 Fortuin D Private 1944-08-07
7393 Fortuin D Lance Corporal 1945-08-25
7396 Fortuin Henry H Private 1942-04-13
7397 Fortuin Japie J Private 1918-01-31
7398 Fortuin John George J G Sergeant 1944-12-16
7400 Fortuin Mannie M Private 1941-02-25
7401 Fortuin T Private 1943-08-31
7402 Fortuin Willem W Private 1943-10-27
7403 Fortune Charles C Private 4th Regt. 1918-03-22
7404 Foss George Howard G H Sergeant Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces 1944-06-28
7405 Foss George Henry Brinkman G H B Private 5th Regt. 1917-01-30
7406 Foster Brian B Lance Corporal 4th Regt. 1917-04-09
7407 Foster Ernest A E A Warrant Officer Class II 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces 1944-05-07
7408 Foster John Gilbert J G Private 1942-08-17
7409 Foster Lionel L Private 10th Regt. 1916-11-21
7410 Foster Piet P Private 1944-08-01
7411 Foster Roger R Private 4th Regt. 1918-04-11
7412 Foster Samuel Annett S A Private 4th Regt. 1916-07-10
7414 Foster William Ewen W E Lieutenant 1944-04-23
7415 Fotheringham Allen Blake A B Private 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
7417 Fotinakis Menelaos M Air Sergeant 1945-09-06
7418 Fouche Christopher John James C J J Corporal 1942-06-04
7419 Fouche Daniel Minaar D M Lance Corporal 1946-04-09
7420 Fouche Diederick S J D S J Private Armoured Car Training Centre 1944-07-10
7422 Fouche Giliam Johannes G J Private 1944-12-02
7423 Fouche G W Private 1942-05-30
7425 Fouche Peter Georgius P G Corporal 1942-05-30
7426 Fouche P J Staff Sergeant 1947-01-22
7427 Fouche Paul Petrus P P Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 4th Regt. 1918-11-02
7428 Fouchee Eban E Private 2nd Regt. 1918-10-09
7429 Fouchee G Private 1947-08-11
7432 Fouchee Martinus M Private 4th Regt. 1918-10-17
7433 Foulds Harry John H J Sapper 49 Survey Coy. 1945-02-27
7434 Foulkes George Thomas G T Private 1st Regt. 1916-10-18
7436 Fourie Abraham Hendrik A H Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces 1944-06-10
7437 Fourie Adriaan Johannes A J Private 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces 1943-08-18
7438 Fourie Abraham Jacobus A J Private 3rd Brigade 1918-06-28
7439 Fourie Adam Johannes A J Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces 1st 1942-07-27
7440 Fourie ANDREW McCAMMON A M Lieutenant 61 Air School 1942-09-28
7441 Fourie Andries Ockert Ignatius A O I Gunner 4 Field Regt. 1942-02-04
7442 Fourie Barend B Private 1918-12-04
7444 Fourie David Hercules Botha D H B Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. 1918-10-23
7445 Fourie D J Corporal 1945-09-23
7446 Fourie Ernest E Private 4th Regt. 1918-10-08
7447 Fourie Elizabeth Aletta E A Corporal 1943-11-27
7448 Fourie Frans Jacobus F J Private 8th Regt. 1916-03-21
7449 Fourie Frederick Johannes F J Private 1940-11-04
7450 Fourie Gysbert G Private 2nd Regt. 1919-01-11
7451 Fourie H Private 1945-04-09