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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 22,701 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,384 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 1,251 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
8431 Gordon Nathan Lesar N L Lieutenant 12 Sqdn. 1941-01-08
8432 Gordon Reginald Henry R H Sergeant 6th Regt. 1916-12-13
8433 Gordon ROBERT McLOUGHLIN R M Lieutenant 1 A.A. Regt. 1942-05-10
8434 Gordon R N Sergeant 1947-07-02
8435 Gordon V Staff Sergeant 1946-10-18
8436 Gordon William W Sergeant 4th Regt. 1916-07-05
8437 Gordon William Henry W H Private 3rd Regt. 1916-08-04
30499 Gordon Mandel M Air Mechanic Armoured Corps 1938-12-04
8440 Gordon-Cumming John Duff J D Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1st Bn. 1942-06-07
8442 Gore Norman Spencer N S Flight Sergeant 24 Sqdn. 1943-01-12
8444 Gorekoang Samuel S Private 1944-01-20
8445 Goring Albert Thomas A T Private 4th Regt. 1916-10-19
8446 Gorman George Charles G C Private South African Horse 1st 1918-02-02
8449 Gorst John Walton J W Sergeant Rand Light Infantry 1st 1942-10-23
8451 Gosch John Henry "hans" J H Private 7th Regt. 1916-02-12
8452 Goschen Owen M O M Second Lieutenant 1944-12-02
8454 Goslett Allen Lewis A L Gunner 4 Field Regt. 1944-07-21
8456 Goss Johannes Jacobus J J Private South African Horse 2nd 1916-04-11
40186 Gotlip Kohako K Labourer Intelligence Corps 1914-08-04
8459 Gotz Leopold Henry L H Gunner 1944-05-13
8460 Goudie Arnold James A J Private 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
8461 Gough Bertie Vincent B V Private 2nd Regt. 1916-07-16
8462 Gough Hylton Edward H E Private 8th Regt. 1916-06-19
8464 Gough Moses Christian M C Gunner 1944-12-28
8465 Gould Astley John A J Lieutenant 1942-06-16
8466 Gould Charles Terry C T Lieutenant 3 Sqdn. 1940-10-27
8468 Gould Donald Llewellyn D L Captain 15 Sqdn. 1945-04-26
8469 Gould Harry H Private 1st Regt. 1918-03-24
8471 Goulden Thomas Robert T R Lieutenant 31 Sqdn. 1944-06-12
8473 Goulding Terence Tom T T Lieutenant 12 Sqdn. 1943-07-23
8475 Gouly De Chaville Lionel Vaughan L V Private 1st Regt. 1916-10-18
8476 Gouws A Private 1942-02-02
8477 Gouws David Johannis D J Burgher Mounted Commandos Kenhardt Commando 1915-03-12
8478 Gouws Ernest Frederick E F Private 4th Regt. 1918-07-19
8479 Gouws H M Signaller 1946-08-26
8480 Gouws I J Sergeant Field Force Battalion 1942-07-04
8481 Gouws Jan Albasini J A Lieutenant Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-07-26
8482 Gouws Johannes Stephanus J S Lieutenant 40 Sqdn. 1944-03-29
8483 Gouws Johannes Stefanus Hendrik J S H Burgher Mounted Commandos Ermelo Commando 1915-02-25
8484 Gouws Nicholas Johannes N J Private 7th Regt. 1916-02-12
8486 Gouws P Private 1942-10-24
8487 Gouws P J Corporal 6 Field Provost Coy. 1942-04-22
8488 Gouws Pieter Stefanus P S Sapper 1945-07-11
8489 Gouws Stanley S Private 38 Railway Construction Coy. 1942-11-18
8491 Gova Enoch E Private 35th Bn. 1918-03-27
8492 Gove Albert Edward A E Private 4th Regt. 1918-10-17
8493 Gove Cecil Norman C N Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1942-10-23
8494 Gove Ernest Alfred William E A W Private 4th Regt. 1918-01-03
8495 Gove Hugh Wilfred H W Second Lieutenant 3rd Regt. 1916-07-21
8496 Govender Sodbramaney S Private 1942-05-23