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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
7850 Gane Hilary Caldecott H C Lance Bombardier 5 Field Regt. 1942-07-07
7851 Gans John J Labourer 1916-11-17
7852 Ganyaza Swelindawo S Corporal 1st Coy. 1917-09-16
7853 Gaotlagele Samson S Ox Driver 1917-06-18
7854 Gape Stephen S Private 1942-10-05
7855 Garai Ignatius I Private 1943-07-26
7857 Garbers Robert Gordon R G Private Field Force Battalion 1942-06-14
7858 Garbutt Percy Rowland Victor Cross P R V C Company Sergeant Major 2nd Infantry Brigade Depot 1917-08-13
7859 Garcia Lancelot De La Penha L D L P Sergeant 1918-10-03
7860 Garcin Jules Frederick J F Private 1st Regt. 1917-04-12
7861 Garden Brian Alexander B A Lieutenant 21 Sqdn. 1941-11-20
7862 Garden Gordon Gladstone G G Private 1943-09-28
7865 Gardener Ernest Henry E H Private 4th Regt. 1918-10-19
7866 Gardiner David Coutts D C Private 10th Regt. 1916-11-01
7867 Gardiner Elliott E Able Seaman H.M.S. Durban Castle 1941-05-14
7868 Gardiner Sam S Private 8th Regt. 1917-07-19
7870 Gardner Ernest Vivian E V Private Transvaal Scottish 2nd Bn. 1941-12-24
7871 Gardner James J Driver M.t. 1916-11-28
7873 Gardner John George J G Trooper Natal Mounted Rifles 1944-06-10
7874 Gardner Vere V Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1944-01-28
7875 Gardner William Charles W C Private 2nd Regt. 1918-03-24
7876 Gardner William James W J Private 2nd Regt. 1917-10-15
7877 Gardner William Nathaniel W N Private Supplies 1919-01-25
7878 Gardyne Charles Geoffrey C G Sapper 1945-10-12
7882 Garland Christian C Private 1946-10-20
7884 Garlick Clive Lancelot C L Lieutenant 38 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. 1943-10-27
7886 Garner Norman L N L Private 1943-09-01
7887 Garner William Gerald W G Driver M.t. 1918-03-10
7888 Garnett Albert Alan A A Driver M.t. 1918-12-26
7893 Garrett Leslie Brougham L B Captain 36 Water Supply Coy. 1946-08-01
7894 Garrity Clifford John C J Sergeant 1941-07-30
7895 Garrow Roy Allan R A Air Mechanic 60 Sqdn. 1944-08-15
7896 Garson Oliver Muir O M Private 2nd Regt. 1917-04-12
7897 Garstang Henry H Private 2nd Regt. 1917-10-13
7898 Gartly David Coutts D C Captain 5 Field Sqdn. 1945-04-20
7899 Gartly John Devitt Elrick J D E Major Transvaal Scottish 3rd Bn. 1941-11-22
7900 Garton Edwin Charles E C Private 4th Regt. 1916-01-01
7901 Garton Horace William H W Corporal 4th Regt. 1916-07-17
7902 Garvey Andrew A Driver M.t. 1918-12-01
7903 Gasanne Hlosi H Ox Driver 1917-03-17
7904 Gascoigne Frederick John F J Trooper 4th Armoured Car Regt. 1941-06-07
7905 Gascoigne John William J W Private 2nd Regt. 1918-03-24
7906 Gasela Jim J Labourer Remounts 1917-04-04
7907 Gaselatoe Thomas T Labourer Railway Section 1917-04-14
7909 Gaskell Lawrence John L J Private 12th Regt. 1916-03-21
7910 Gaskell Robert Harry R H Private 4th Regt. 1918-02-01
7912 Gate William Hasalden W H Mechanician M.t. 1917-12-14
7913 Gatebe K Private 1944-06-05
7914 Gately Frederick Maurice F M Private 2nd Regt. 1916-07-15
7915 Gater Hugh James H J Lieutenant 450 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. 1944-08-13