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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
7452 Fourie Hendrik H H H Corporal 1943-08-29
7453 Fourie Hermanus Stephanus H S Lance Corporal Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces 1944-06-15
7454 Fourie Ignatius L J I L J Warrant Officer Class II 1942-01-09
7455 Fourie Ignatius Michael I M Pupil Pilot 75 Air School 1940-11-15
7456 Fourie Johannes J Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces 1st 1942-07-11
7457 Fourie John Alexander J A Private 1st Regt. 1921-06-17
7458 Fourie J C Corporal 1946-04-27
7459 Fourie John Frederick J F Warrant Officer 24 Sqdn. 1944-03-06
7460 Fourie Jacobus Johannes J J Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces 1942-10-24
7461 Fourie Jacobus Johannes J J Corporal 1945-06-23
7462 Fourie James John J J Corporal Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces 2 1945-03-11
7463 Fourie Johan Jakob J J Private 1st Regt. 1916-07-17
7466 Fourie Johannes Marthinus J M Private Regiment President Steyn, S.A. Forces 1942-07-27
7467 Fourie Johannes Petrus J P Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces 1/2 1941-02-01
7468 Fourie Josias Stephanus Nicolaas J S N Sapper 41 Harbour Construction Coy. 1944-11-07
7469 Fourie L J Private 1945-11-22
7470 Fourie Louis Johannes L J Corporal South African Mounted Rifles Field Ambulance Brigade 1914-12-21
7471 Fourie Louis Lucas L L Lieutenant 43 Lt. A.A. Regt. 1944-10-20
7472 Fourie Louis Philippus L P Lieutenant 26 Sqdn. 1945-03-10
7473 Fourie Marcus Johannes M J Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces 1st 1942-10-30
7474 Fourie Pieter M P M Lance Corporal 1944-05-25
7475 Fourie Philip S P S Gunner 1947-09-04
7476 Fourie Stephanus Johannes S J Private 8th Regt. 1917-07-19
7477 Fourie Stephanus P S P Corporal 1943-11-01
7478 Fourie St E Private Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces 1st 1942-10-23
7479 Fourie William Hendrik Boshoff W H B Lieutenant South African Horse 5th 1916-09-07
7480 Fourie W A J Private 1942-12-29
30355 Fourie Cornelius Christoffel C C Air Mechanic 1 Flt 1950-09-09
30363 Fourie Jacobus Gerhardus J G Corporal 1 Reconnaissance Regiment Regiment Groot Karoo 1950-01-01
7482 Fowlds Edward Arthur E A Private 1st Regt. 1917-04-12
7483 Fowlds John Sidney J S Private Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces 2nd 1947-04-26
7484 Fowle Clarence Robert C R Private 1st Regt. 1917-09-20
7486 Fowler Adam Morthimus A M Air Sergeant 12 Sqdn. 1941-07-17
7487 Fowler Sydney Edmonds S E Private 8th Regt. 1918-10-13
7488 Fowler George G Private 8th Regt. 1916-03-22
7489 Fowler Michael Hugh M H Major 21 Sqdn. 1941-12-12
7490 Fowler Wallace Stanley W S Gunner 1 Field Regt. 1944-01-28
7491 Fowles John Lawrence J L Private Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces 1/3rd Bn. 1942-07-06
7492 Fowles Maxwell James Charles M J C Trooper Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces 1944-08-02
7494 Fox Arthur Ernest A E Private First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces 1944-10-13
7495 Fox Arthur James A J Lance Corporal 1st Regt. 1918-03-23
7497 Fox Ernest E Private 2nd Regt. 1918-10-08
7499 Fox George Bartlett G B Corporal Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces 1944-06-11
7500 Fox Herbert William H W Lance Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 5th Regt. 1919-01-21
7501 Fox John J Private Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces 1st 1941-12-31
7505 Fox R T Staff Sergeant 1947-12-16
7512 Fox-Ellis Warwick W Private 2nd Regt. 1917-12-25
7507 Foxcroft Ernest Edward Noel E E N Bombardier 2 Field Regt. 1942-07-18
7508 Foxcroft Gilbert Benjamin G B Sergeant 1944-09-18
7509 Foxcroft Reaford Samuel R S Private 1st Regt. 1918-03-24