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Union Defence Force

South African and related defence-force eras recorded on the roll. Police, Boer, and most foreign forces are left blank on a person record unless a catalogued Force is set (e.g. RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces).

COLONIAL — Colonial forces (pre-Union) 0 UDF — Union Defence Force 22,717 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,385 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 1,257 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 922 SAP — South African Police 1
UDF 1912-07-01 – 1957-10-31 22,717 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
8163 Gilbert Robert R Private 4th Regt. 1917-10-21
8164 Gilbert William Graham W G Sapper 12 Field Sqn. 1944-08-03
8165 Gilbert W P Private 1946-01-01
8166 Gilbride Charles Stewart C S Lieutenant H.M.S.A.S. Goede Hoop 1946-12-29
8167 Gilchrist John Adrian J A Trooper 2nd Armoured Car Coy. 1941-06-04
30423 Gilchrist Donald John D J Air Mechanic 5 Aatw 1953-09-12
8169 Giles Gowan Arbuthnot G A Captain 41 Sqdn. 1941-06-03
8170 Giles Lloyd George L G Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1945-01-23
8171 Giles Reginald Ernest Oatley R E O Air Sergeant 24 Sqdn. 1941-06-14
8173 Gilfillan Desmond Thornhill D T Second Lieutenant 27 Air School 1942-07-08
8174 Gill Charles C Private 1st Regt. 1918-10-25
8176 Gill Charles William C W Private 1st Regt. 1918-10-19
8178 Gill George G Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-06-21
8179 Gill George Leslie Wade G L W Second Lieutenant 24 Sqdn. 1941-06-03
8180 Gill Leslie L Trooper 7th Reconnaissance Bn. 1943-01-15
8181 Gill Paddy P Trooper Natal Mounted Rifles 1944-06-07
8182 Gill Rodney R Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-07-26
8183 Gill Richard R Sergeant 1945-05-21
8185 Gillanders Adam A Sergeant South African Mounted Rifles Medical Section 1916-03-31
8186 Gillanders Robert Arthur R A Private 1st Regt. 1918-04-10
8187 Gillard Erick E Private South African Irish 1st 1941-11-23
8188 Gillard James Woodrowe J W Private 7th Regt. 1918-10-05
8189 Gillespie Allan A Private 2nd Regt. 1915-11-24
8190 Gillespie Frederick Joseph F J Sergeant 1st Field Amb. 1918-11-12
8191 Gillespie John J Private 4th Regt. 1918-07-12
8193 Gillespie William Brian W B Corporal South African Irish 1st 1941-11-23
8195 Gillett William W Private South African Irish 1st Bn. 1941-12-09
8196 Gillham Strickland S Corporal 1941-02-04
8197 Gillham Thomas George T G Staff Sergeant 1920-07-06
8198 Gillies Angus A Private South African Pioneers 1918-09-07
8200 Gillion William J W J Private 1944-10-15
8204 Gillman Edgar Ronald E R Private Transvaal Scottish 2nd Bn. 1941-12-12
8206 Gillmer Peter Leslie P L Air Corporal 1945-06-01
8207 Gillon Ralph Collie Smith R C S Private 2nd Regt. 1916-07-18
8208 Gilmour Ernest Henry E H Corporal 2nd Regt. 1917-09-20
8209 Gilpin Aubrey Alexander A A Private Umvoti Mounted Rifles 1942-05-27
8210 Gilpin Cyril James C J Gunner 43 Lt. A.A. Regt. 1945-01-10
8211 Gilroy Alexander A Sergeant 8th Regt. 1917-07-06
8215 Gilweni Jim Tom J T Private 5th Bn. 1917-02-21
8216 Ginn Percy Charles P C Lieutenant Colonel 44 Sqdn. 1944-08-07
8218 Ginsberg Fred F Private Rand Light Infantry 1st 1942-10-24
8219 Ginsberg Max M Lance Corporal Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-07-21
8220 Gioio Joseph John J J Private 1942-10-27
8223 Giraudeau Albert George A G Lance Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry 1st Bn. 1942-01-01
8224 Giraudeau Alexander Hugh A H Lieutenant 26 Sqdn. 1943-12-18
8225 Gird Noel Lorraine Alexander N L A Lieutenant 72 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-04-07
42204 Gird Douglas Reginald D R Warrant Officer Class II 1950-07-21
8226 Girdlestone Colin Tibbs C T Sergeant 1917-06-18
8229 Giri Innes Camillo I C Private Native Carrier Transport 1920-11-02
8232 Gishford Jeffery William J W Lieutenant 24 Sqdn. 1944-07-04