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Union Defence Force

South African and related defence-force eras recorded on the roll. Police, merchant navy, and civilian war-dead are left blank. Foreign and Boer units are tagged when the regiment name is unambiguous (e.g. Australian Field Artillery → AUS).

BOER — Boer forces 5,172 COLONIAL — Colonial forces (pre-Union) 60 UDF — Union Defence Force 24,806 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,635 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 986 SAP — South African Police 1 AUS — Australian forces 164 UK — British forces 4,274 CAN — Canadian forces 58 NZ — New Zealand forces 43 IND — Indian forces 36 IDF — Israeli Defence Forces 81 US — United States forces 7 GER — German forces 4
UDF 1912-07-01 – 1957-10-31 24,806 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
8419 Gordon Frank D F D Private 1942-12-18
8420 Gordon Frank Leslie F L Sapper 1st Special Engineer Section 1918-05-29
8421 Gordon Frank Wiseman F W Lance Corporal 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
8423 Gordon Hugh Francis H F Corporal 4th Regt. 1916-07-10
8425 Gordon Ian Alexander I A Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1941-02-22
8426 Gordon Ian Hamish Mohr I H M Second Lieutenant 13 Sqdn. 1940-04-19
8427 Gordon John J Private Cape Corps 1st 1916-07-02
8428 Gordon John F J F Private South African Irish 1st Bn. 1941-12-09
8429 Gordon Lionel S L S Air Mechanic 1944-05-25
8430 Gordon Morris M Private 1942-06-29
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
40792 Gordon John J Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st 1921-04-10
8439 Gordon Patchett Reginald William R W Lieutenant Military Labour Corps 1918-03-07
8440 Gordon-Cumming John Duff J D Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1st Bn. 1942-06-07
30501 Gordon-Gray Gordon G Lieutenant South African Field Artillery Armoured Corps 1922-03-11
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
8455 Goslett William Christian W C Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st 1917-06-03
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
8463 Gough Herbert Rodgers H R Gunner Cape Garrison Artillery 1918-10-10
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