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Union Defence Force

South African and related defence-force eras recorded on the roll. SAP, SAPS, and SWAPOL are tagged as Forces. 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) 405 UDF — Union Defence Force 24,809 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,870 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 1,040 SAP — South African Police 3,732 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 159 AUS — Australian forces 164 UK — British forces 4,066 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 24,809 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
8484 Gouws Nicholas Johannes N J Private 7th South African Infantry 1916-02-12
8485 Gouws Nicolaas Petrus N P Trooper 13th Mounted Rifles (Noordeslike Transvaal Mounted Rifles) "A" Squadron 1915-01-06
8486 Gouws P Private Cape Corps 1942-10-24
8487 Gouws P J Corporal South African Corps of Military Police (Corps) 6 Field Provost Coy. 1942-04-22
8488 Gouws Pieter Stefanus P S Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1945-07-11
8489 Gouws Stanley S Private Cape Corps 38 Railway Construction Coy. 1942-11-18
8491 Gova Enoch E Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 35th Bn. 1918-03-27
8492 Gove Albert Edward A E Private 4th South African Infantry 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 South African Infantry 1918-01-03
8495 Gove Hugh Wilfred H W Second Lieutenant 3rd South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1916-07-21
8496 Govender Sodbramaney S Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1942-05-23
8497 Gover T Lance Corporal 1st Reserve Brigade 1941-06-04
8498 Govier Fredrick Hector F H Sergeant South African Service Corps (Corps) M.t. 1918-10-19
8499 Govindsamy N Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1942-08-12
8500 Gow Andrew A Private 4th South African Infantry 1917-08-03
8501 Gow Thomas Porteous T P Private 4th South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1916-07-27
8502 Gowar Norman Stanley N S Private 4th Infantry (1st Eastern Rifles) 1914-12-16
8503 Gowell Charles C Lance Corporal 4th South African Infantry 1918-03-24
8504 Gower Bertram Reginald B R Private South African Railway Services 1917-01-14
8505 Gower Edward Gerald E G Private Regiment President Steyn 1941-12-09
8506 Gower Edward Vivian E V Private 2nd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1917-09-20
8507 Gower-Jackson Meredyth M Captain Q Service Corps (Corps) 1944-01-25
8508 Gowing Herbert James H J Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-04-11
8509 Gowthorpe Royle William R W Sergeant South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1942-06-21
8510 Gqamana Babington B Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-01-24
8511 Gqibani Ndzonda N Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1945-01-06
8512 Gqibitole Kabela Daniel K D Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1942-03-01
8513 Gqusana Berry B Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-08-08
8514 Gqwabaza David D Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1918-09-13
8515 Gqweta Henry H Lance Corporal South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 5th Bn. 1917-02-21
8517 Graaff Johannes Jacobus J J Private 8th South African Infantry 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 South African Corps of Signals (Corps) 6 S.A. Armd. Div. Sigs. 1945-06-11
8521 Grabule John J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Sanitary Section 1917-08-12
8522 Grace Dermot Edmond D E Private Rand Light Infantry 1st 1942-02-17
8523 Grace John J Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1942-11-03
8524 Grace Ronald Lloyd R L Lance Bombardier South African Artillery (Corps) 1 A.A. Regiment 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 South African Infantry 1918-04-12
8527 Grace Thomas Alfred Henry T A H Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 73rd Siege Bty. 1917-04-09
8528 Grace Thomas Joseph T J Sergeant Major 5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse) "E" Squadron 1914-11-25
8529 Gradwell John J Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1947-01-14
8530 Grady Ernest Edgar Daniel E E D Captain 4th South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1917-04-12
8531 Grady Edward Wellman E W Sergeant South African Corps of Signals (Corps) South African Div. Signal Coy. 1917-02-16
8533 Grafton F E H Sergeant Technical Service Corps (Corps) 1945-04-18
8536 Graham Cecil Lauder C L Private 6th South African Infantry 1916-10-20
8537 Graham Douglas D Private 4th South African Infantry 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