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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
7916 Gates Benjamin Hugh Edwin B H E Private 1941-01-18
7917 Gates Kenneth K Lance Corporal Pretoria Regiment 1944-06-15
7918 Gates Reginald Godfrey William R G W Trooper 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. 1942-11-28
7919 Gates Roy Lancelot R L Sapper 2 Docks Operating Coy. 1945-04-09
7920 Gatt Clifford Bowey C B Private 4th Regt. 1916-07-13
7922 Gatu Harry H Labourer 1916-06-14
7923 Gatyeni Jim J Driver 1917-07-25
7924 Gaul John J Private 7th Regt. 1916-06-07
41421 Gaulana Percy P Native Constable South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. 1915-10-02
7925 Gauld Douglas Davidson D D Private 1st Regt. 1917-12-08
7926 Gauld James J Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry 2nd Bn. 1944-08-24
7928 Gauntlett Vivian Glynne Granville V G G Sergeant 1941-11-25
7929 Gauss Felix F Air Mechanic 1 Air Depot 1941-08-30
7931 Gavin David Basil D B Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry 1945-04-18
7932 Gavin Harry Douglas Barker H D B Private 2nd Regt. 1917-04-09
7933 Gawe Samuel S Private 1944-03-12
7934 Gay Samuel Robert S R Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-02-13
7935 Gaya Solomon S Lance Corporal 1945-04-03
7936 Gaye Jim J Private 1942-11-02
7937 Gayisa Mubunge Sam M S Private 3rd Bn. 1941-02-26
7938 Gaylard Clifford C Private 1st Regt. 1916-09-20
7939 Gaylard Franklin Errol F E Lieutenant 41 Air School 1942-10-08
7940 Gaylard Hilton Norman H N Private 2nd Regt. 1916-10-12
7941 Gaylard Algy William A W Private 4th Regt. 1917-04-09
7943 Gaynor Cecil C Company Quartermaster Sergeant 5th Regt. 1915-12-24
7944 Gaynor John Henry J H Major 2 Sqdn. 1944-03-03
7945 Gaynor John Wolfestone J W Private 9th Regt. 1916-10-01
7947 Gaza Bendezi B Private 1945-12-17
7948 Gazi E Corporal 1945-12-29
7949 Gazu N Private 1944-12-16
7950 Gcabasha Michael M M M Private 1944-09-18
7974 Gcina Manie M Private 5th Bn. 1917-02-21
7951 Gcopela Jim J Native Driver South African Mounted Rifles 4th Permanent Bty. 1918-10-17
7952 Geach Harry Gray H G Sapper 1940-08-05
7954 Geach Samuel Stanley S S Second Lieutenant 1st Regt. 1918-10-16
7955 Geard B Private 1945-09-29
7956 Geater Howard Albert H A Lieutenant 3 Sqdn. 1944-04-16
7957 Gebhardt Edward Alfred E A Lieutenant 60 Sqdn. 1941-01-27
7958 Gebhardt Laurence Arthur L A Private 2nd Regt. 1917-11-04
7959 Geboke Simon S Driver 1917-03-30
7960 Geddes David D Lieutenant 24 Sqdn. 1942-08-02
7961 Geddes George G Sergeant 2nd Regt. 1916-09-02
7962 Gedile James J Private 1943-06-10
7964 Geduld Marthinus M Gunner 1944-07-01
7965 Gedye James Noel J N Private 4th Regt. 1918-04-11
7967 Gee Harry Herbert Allan H H A Major 2nd Regt. 1916-07-19
7968 Gee James Harold J H Private 4th Regt. 1918-10-17
7971 Geerdts Geoffrey Clifford G C Lieutenant 15 Sqdn. 1943-10-28
7972 Geere Carl Frederick C F Major 19 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. 1944-10-30
7973 Geffen Sender S Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Dorsetshire 1942-04-05