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
9205	Hargrave	Robert Albert	R A	Lieutenant		60 Sqdn.	1944-09-03
9207	Hargraves	Charles Alfred	C A	Private		3rd Regt.	1916-07-08
9210	Harker	Williams Henry	W H	Lance Corporal		4th Regt.	1918-10-29
9211	Harle	Paul August	P A	Petty Officer		H.M.S.A.S. Bonaventure	1943-10-03
9212	Harle	Peter John	P J	Private	South African Irish	1st Bn.	1941-02-23
9213	Harle	Sydney	S	Corporal	Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles	1st	1941-02-22
9214	Harley	George Alfred	G A	Rifleman	South African Mounted Rifles	4th Regt.	1914-09-14
9215	Harley	John Stanley	J S	Private	Royal Natal Carbineers		1944-12-02
9216	Harley	Kenneth	K	Private	Transvaal Scottish	1st Bn.	1941-08-13
9217	Harling	Sydney Arthur	S A	Private		1st Regt.	1918-04-10
9218	Harmening	Harry Frederick Thomas	H F T	Driver		M.t.	1918-12-31
9219	Harmer	Henry Richard Frank Wiltshire	H R F W	Air Sergeant		17 Sqdn.	1944-05-25
9220	Harmer	John Richard	J R	Lieutenant		40 Sqdn.	1944-02-01
9221	Harms	Carl August	C A	Gunner			1945-05-09
9222	Harms		J H	Gunner		1 A.A. Regt.	1942-11-28
9223	Harmse	Bartlemus Thomas	B T	Private	South African Horse	3rd	1916-09-08
9224	Harmse	Joseph Johannes	J J	Private	Rand Light Infantry	1st	1942-05-15
9225	Harmse	Karel	K	Sergeant			1945-12-24
9226	Harmse	Ockert C	O C	Private	South African Irish	1st	1941-11-23
9227	Harmse		P	Rifleman	South African Mounted Rifles		1914-11-18
9228	Harmse	Petrus Wilhelm	P W	Private		1st Bde.	1918-10-20
9229	Harmse		W C	Burgher	Mounted Commandos	Pietersburg Commando	1915-06-17
9230	Harney	Dennis Joseph	D J	Lance Corporal		2nd Regt.	1916-08-30
9231	Harney	Eric	E	Private		2nd Regt.	1917-09-21
9232	Harnoster	Lucas	L	Ox Driver			1916-12-17
9233	Harper	Archibald	A	Corporal			1918-01-21
9234	Harper	Arthur	A	Lance Bombardier		Natal Field Artillery	1943-03-30
9236	Harper	David Ferguson	D F	Private		4th Regt.	1918-03-23
9237	Harper	George Henry	G H	Private		6th Regt.	1918-10-13
9239	Harper	Joseph Fredrick	J F	Private		6th Regt.	1918-10-18
9240	Harper	Leslie John	L J	Lieutenant			1942-08-02
9241	Harper	Reginald Charles	R C	Private		3rd Regt.	1916-08-01
9242	Harper	Robert Holley	R H	Sergeant	South African Mounted Rifles	1st Regt.	1919-01-30
9243	Harper	Walter Alexander	W A	Private		4th Regt.	1918-10-08
9244	Harpur	Stephen Solomon	S S	Corporal	Regiment Botha	2nd	1941-12-09
9246	Harrap	John William	J W	Private		1st Regt.	1918-07-12
9247	Harrhy	Ramsay Steuart	R S	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-05-10
9250	Harries	Noel Allen Ryder	N A R	Lieutenant			1946-08-27
9253	Harrington	Abraham	A	Private			1945-09-01
9255	Harrington	Walter John	W J	Major			1941-10-01
9256	Harris	Aubrey	A	Private		4th Regt.	1918-03-24
9258	Harris	Ashley Ronald	A R	Private		3rd Regt.	1916-07-16
9261	Harris	Charles Augustus	C A	Private		1st Regt.	1916-07-18
9262	Harris	Colin Ainslie	C A	Lieutenant		55 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.	1944-07-02
9263	Harris		C G	Air Sergeant			1943-04-08
9265	Harris	Charles Robert David	C R D	Private	Regiment President Steyn		1941-12-09
9266	Harris	David	D	Second Lieutenant		21 Sqdn.	1941-12-11
9267	Harris	Duncan Craib	D C	Sergeant		10 Field Coy.	1942-06-19
9268	Harris	Denis Haig	D H	Warrant Officer Class II			1942-05-27
9269	Harris	Doreen Shopland	D S	Lieutenant			1944-10-08