Union Defence Force

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
30523	Green	John Joseph	J J	Corporal		4th Regt.	1924-09-16
41693	Green	Ralph Raymond	R R	Sergeant Major	Union Defence Forces	H.q.	1957-09-26
8699	Greenacre	John Henry	J H	Leading Seaman		H.M.S.A.S. Southern Floe	1941-02-11
8701	Greenberg	Harry	H	Private	Transvaal Scottish	1st Bn.	1941-12-15
8702	Greenberg	Harry Noel	H N	Lieutenant		28 Sqdn.	1945-04-19
8703	Greenberg	Max	M	Air Sergeant		21 Sqdn.	1941-12-11
8704	Greenblatt	Ben Zion	B Z	Air Sergeant		Reserve Air Sqdn.	1941-01-30
8708	Greenhill	Noah	N	Staff Sergeant			1944-07-26
8709	Greenhough	Leonard Rowney	L R	Private		11th Regt.	1917-02-04
8710	Greenhough	Percy Rowney	P R	Corporal		2nd Regt.	1918-03-22
8712	Greenish	William James	W J	Lance Corporal		3rd Regt.	1917-09-19
8713	Greenshields	Alan	A	Private	Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment	"B" Coy.	1944-10-23
8714	Greenstein	Willie Watson Izak	W I W	Corporal			1945-04-11
8715	Greenveldt		M	Private			1943-02-23
8716	Greenway	Edmund William Henry	E W H	Private		4th Regt.	1916-07-17
8717	Greenwood	Arthur Herbert	A H	Private	South African Horse	9th	1916-08-12
8718	Greenwood	Ernest Mark	E M	Corporal		4th Regt.	1916-10-12
8719	Greenwood	George Frederick	G F	Private		1st Regt.	1916-07-14
8720	Greenwood-Smith	Lloyd	L	Major			1946-04-02
8721	Greer	Harold Humphrey	H H	Corporal		4th Regt.	1918-03-21
8722	Greer	Stanley Haig	S H	Lance Corporal	Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment		1944-07-26
8725	Gregory		A	Corporal			1946-05-20
8726	Gregory	Edward Wormald	E W	Private		1st Regt.	1916-07-18
8727	Gregory	Frederick Hugo Morgan	F H M	Corporal	South African Army Postal Corps	L. of C. Postal Unit	1944-04-09
8728	Gregory	George Nicolas	G N	Private		7th Regt.	1916-02-12
8729	Gregory	John	J	Private		4th Regt.	1919-05-31
8730	Gregory	Matthew	M	Private	South African Rifles	2nd	1916-11-03
8731	Gregory	Mervyn Harold	M H	Private	Imperial Light Horse	1st	1941-12-31
8732	Gregory	Ralph Stuart	R S	Trooper	Special Service Battalion		1944-04-05
8734	Gregory	Walter Neville	W N	Private	Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey		1945-07-11
41446	Gregory	Ernest F Graham	E F G	Squadron Sergeant Major	South African Mounted Rifles	1st Regt.	1913-07-06
8736	Greig	Gideon	G	Private		4th Regt.	1917-04-12
8737	Greig	Sydney Cattanach	S C	Corporal			1942-06-20
8738	Greipel	Eunice	E	Corporal			1942-10-27
8739	Greipel	Richard Charles Norman	R C N	Corporal			1945-07-11
8740	Grek	Isaac Harry	I H	Air Mechanic		12 Sqdn.	1941-01-08
8744	Greve	William Frederick	W F	Gunner		7 Field Regt.	1942-04-30
8747	Grey	Charles Horace	C H	Lance Corporal		3rd Regt.	1917-09-20
8748	Grey	Charles Henry Robert	C H R	Private		4th Regt.	1918-01-25
8749	Grey	Cecil Wilfred Druce	C W D	Lieutenant		24 Sqdn.	1942-07-23
8750	Grey	Jan Petrus	J P	Captain	Regiment Botha		1942-07-25
8752	Grey	Reginald	R	Driver		M.t.	1916-09-17
8753	Grey	Richard Alfred Henry	R A H	Air Sergeant		12 Sqdn.	1941-01-08
8754	Greybe	George John	G J	Private		1st Regt.	1918-01-03
8756	Greyling	Barend Christiaan	B C	Private	South African Irish	1st	1942-03-04
8757	Greyling	Barend Johannes Pretorius	B J P	Private	South African Horse	5th	1916-10-19
8758	Greyling		G J A	Burgher	Mounted Commandos	Ermelo Commando	1914-11-18
8759	Grib	Barend Christiaan Louis	B C L	Driver		M.t.	1918-05-01
8760	Gribben	Bernard	B	Private		8th Regt.	1917-07-31
8761	Grier	AUBREY HAMILTON McGEE	A H M	Private		4th Regt.	1918-03-25