Union Defence Force

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
7510	Foxcroft	Thomas Henry	T H	Lance Corporal		1st Regt.	1916-07-14
7511	Foxcroft	Walter Arthur	W A	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-03-24
7514	Foye	Boksburg	B	Labourer			1916-09-06
7515	Fradd	Horace Lyle	H L	Major			1946-08-25
7516	Frame	David Ewart	D E	Private		4th Regt.	1917-04-09
7517	Frame	Jack	J	Private	Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces	1st	1941-12-31
7518	Frames	Harold Ross	H R	Trooper	Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces	Enslin's Horse	1914-11-16
7521	France	Harry	H	Driver			1917-04-06
7522	Franci	Reuben	R	Private		5th Bn.	1917-02-21
7524	Francis	Albert William	A W	Private	Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces	1st Bn.	1941-12-18
7525	Francis	Charlie	C	Driver			1917-08-20
7528	Francis	Derek Aubrey Weston	D A W	Warrant Officer Class II		31 Sqdn.	1944-10-13
7531	Francis	Harold Clifford	H C	Lieutenant		15 Sqdn.	1942-10-26
7532	Francis	Ivor	I	Lance Corporal		3rd Regt.	1917-01-13
7533	Francis		J	Private			1942-12-30
7534	Francis		J	Air Pupil			1943-04-24
7535	Francis	John	J	Labourer		EA Transport	1918-01-22
7536	Francis	John Leslie	J L	Second Lieutenant		2nd Regt.	1918-10-26
7537	Francis	Joseph Worral	J W	Private		12th Regt.	1916-03-08
7538	Francis	Neville Harcourt	N H	Private		1st Regt.	1917-12-16
7539	Francis	Roland	R	Lance Corporal		4th Regt.	1918-03-24
7540	Francis	Thomas Henry	T H	Sergeant Major	South African Horse	6th	1916-08-28
7541	Francis	Vincent J	V J	Private	Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces	1st	1942-07-25
7543	Francis		W	Private			1945-06-03
7544	Francis	William	W	Rifleman	South African Mounted Rifles	1st Regt.	1914-12-23
7545	Franck	Alexander	A	Second Lieutenant		7th Regt.	1916-02-12
7547	Francke	Dirk	D	Private			1943-06-28
7549	Franckeiss	Cyril J	C J	Warrant Officer Class I			1944-07-30
7550	Francklow	Joseph Thomas James	J T J	Private		1st Regt.	1916-07-17
7551	Francois	Bertram	B	Private		4th Regt.	1916-05-26
7552	Francois	Cyril Matthew	C M	Air Sergeant			1944-05-26
7553	Francois	Norman	N	Private		1st Regt.	1918-03-25
7554	Frank	Desmond Seale Graham	D S G	Trooper	Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces	1st Bn.	1944-07-01
7555	Frank	Geoffrey George	G G	Private	Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces		1942-06-10
7557	Frank	Isadore Meyer	I M	Sapper		12 Field Sqn.	1944-07-07
7558	Frank	John Alexander	J A	Pupil Pilot		No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School, Baragwanath	1940-08-17
7560	Frank	Marcus Philip	M P	Lieutenant	Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces		1942-10-23
7564	Frankel		N D	Gunner		3 Field Regt.	1941-11-23
7565	Frankel	William Edward	W E	Sapper		11 Field Coy.	1942-12-29
7566	Franken	Marinus Anton Alexander	M A A	Private		2nd Regt.	1916-10-12
7567	Frankim	George Hilton	G H	Private		3rd Regt.	1917-07-19
7568	Frankim	Lawrence Frederick	L F	Rifleman	South African Mounted Rifles	5th Regt.	1918-10-13
7569	Frankish	Norman Edward	N E	Private		3rd Regt.	1916-08-01
7570	Franklin	Charles Searle Stuart	C S S	Lieutenant		34 Sqdn.	1944-10-16
7571	Franklin	Gerald Mark	G M	Major		1 Anti-Tank Regt.	1943-01-13
7572	Franklin	Peter Blundell	P B	Lieutenant			1944-08-24
7574	Franklin	Selig	S	Private		2nd Regt.	1917-04-12
7575	Franklin	Stephen	S	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-03-24
7576	Franks	Frank Richard	F R	Private		3rd Regt.	1917-09-21
7578	Frans	Abraham	A	Loader			1917-04-11