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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 3,385 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 22,701 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
8497 Gover T Lance Corporal 1st Reserve Brigade 1941-06-04
8498 Govier Fredrick Hector F H Sergeant M.t. 1918-10-19
8499 Govindsamy N Private 1942-08-12
8500 Gow Andrew A Private 4th Regt. 1917-08-03
8501 Gow Thomas Porteous T P Private 4th Regt. 1916-07-27
8503 Gowell Charles C Lance Corporal 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
8505 Gower Edward Gerald E G Private Regiment President Steyn 1941-12-09
8506 Gower Edward Vivian E V Private 2nd Regt. 1917-09-20
8507 Gower-Jackson Meredyth M Captain 1944-01-25
8508 Gowing Herbert James H J Private 1st Regt. 1918-04-11
8509 Gowthorpe Royle William R W Sergeant 1942-06-21
8510 Gqamana Babington B Labourer 1917-01-24
8511 Gqibani Ndzonda N Private 1945-01-06
8512 Gqibitole Kabela Daniel K D Private 1942-03-01
8513 Gqusana Berry B Labourer 1917-08-08
8514 Gqwabaza David D Private 1918-09-13
8515 Gqweta Henry H Lance Corporal 5th Bn. 1917-02-21
8517 Graaff Johannes Jacobus J J Private 8th Regt. 1917-10-27
8519 Grabe Johannes Daniel Naude J D N Air Sergeant 3 Air School 1941-09-03
8520 Grabie Rudolf Petrus R P Signaller 6 S.A. Armd. Div. Sigs. 1945-06-11
8521 Grabule John J Labourer Sanitary Section 1917-08-12
8522 Grace Dermot Edmond D E Private Rand Light Infantry 1st 1942-02-17
8523 Grace John J Private 1942-11-03
8524 Grace Ronald Lloyd R L Lance Bombardier 1 A.A. Regt. 1944-05-24
8525 Grace Richard Oscar R O Rifleman Natal Mounted Rifles 2nd 1941-07-26
8526 Grace Sydney Henry S H Lance Corporal 2nd Regt. 1918-04-12
8529 Gradwell John J Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1947-01-14
8530 Grady Ernest Edgar Daniel E E D Captain 4th Regt. 1917-04-12
8531 Grady Edward Wellman E W Sergeant South African Div. Signal Coy. 1917-02-16
8533 Grafton F E H Sergeant 1945-04-18
8536 Graham Cecil Lauder C L Private 6th Regt. 1916-10-20
8537 Graham Douglas D Private 4th Regt. 1918-10-08
8540 Graham Harold H Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 2nd Bn. 1942-11-14
8542 Graham Joseph J Private South African Horse 2nd 1916-10-15
8544 Graham James Gray J G Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-12-19
8547 Graham James Y J Y Lance Bombardier 1 A.A. Regt. 1942-07-03
8548 Graham Peter Mitchell P M Corporal 5 Field Coy. 1941-06-04
8549 Graham Robert R Staff Sergeant 1942-03-06
8552 Graham Vernon Montague V M Private 11th Regt. 1916-03-08
8553 Graham William W Private 2nd Regt. 1918-04-11
8554 Graham William Greig W G Private 2nd Regt. 1916-07-17
8555 Graham-Bell Neil N Lieutenant Umvoti Mounted Rifles 1941-12-02
8556 Grahame Douglas Frederick D F Corporal Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-02-12
8558 Grammer Edwin Augustus E A Sergeant 6th Regt. 1917-07-07
8559 Grandison William Aitken W A Private 1944-03-07
8561 Granger Ernest Utley E U Private 2nd Regt. 1916-07-09
8562 Granger J C Air Mechanic 1 Air Depot 1943-03-01
8564 Grant Arthur Douglas A D Private 4th Regt. 1917-01-18
8565 Grant Albert Victor A V Sergeant Permanent Force H Q Staff 1916-10-08
8566 Grant Bolton B Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1945-05-07