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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
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
8543 Graham James Bassett J B Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 74th Siege Bty. 1916-11-20
8544 Graham James Gray J G Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-12-19
8545 Graham Jack Henry J H Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 1916-09-22
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
8557 Grahame Frank John Sydney F J S Lance Corporal South African Motor Cyclist Corps 1917-05-09
8558 Grammer Edwin Augustus E A Sergeant 6th Regt. 1917-07-07
8559 Grandison William Aitken W A Private 1944-03-07
8560 Graners Frank F Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 255th Coy. 1919-07-14
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
8567 Grant Birt Adriaan B A Private 11th Regt. 1916-02-25
8569 Grant Ernest E Air Mechanic 12 Sqdn. 1944-04-07
8570 Grant Eric Kenneth E K Captain South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. 1918-07-07
8571 Grant George William G W Private 1943-10-29
8572 Grant Henry Sealby H S Private 1st Regt. 1917-02-27
8573 Grant James J Private 4th Regt. 1917-09-20
8574 Grant James J Corporal Military Labour Corps 1919-01-27
8575 Grant John J Private 4th Regt. 1916-07-16
8576 Grant Joseph Christopher J C Private 3rd Regt. 1918-04-03
8577 Grant Joseph Henry J H Private Cape Town Highlanders 1942-10-24
8578 Grant Joseph Jamieson J J Private 4th Regt. 1917-09-21
8581 Grant Ronald R Air Sergeant 13 Sqdn. 1941-04-10
8582 Grant Robert Godfrey R G Private 8th Regt. 1916-03-22
30516 Grant William Ernest W E Band Sergeant Durban Light Infantry 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1922-10-08
8586 Granton Cyril Frank Alexander C F A Private South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles) 1944-07-17
8587 Grapentin Arthur A Private South African Mounted Brigade 1st 1916-11-15
8588 Gratton Donald Robert D R Sergeant 2 Div. Troops Stores 1942-08-01
8589 Gratton Ronald R Sergeant Royal Natal Carbineers 1943-04-16
8590 Gravell John James J J Private 2nd Regt. 1916-07-15
8591 Gravenor Ben B Corporal 40 Railway Constr. Coy. 1945-04-25
8592 Gravenstein Christoffel Jacobus C J Sergeant South African Military Constabulary 2nd 1918-10-29
8593 Graves Charles Edward C E Private 6th Infantry (Cape Town Highlanders) "P" Coy. 1915-05-24
8595 Graves Harry H Corporal South African Road Corps 1st 1918-10-06
8597 Gray Cecil C Staff Sergeant Pay Branch 1919-06-09
8598 Gray Charles Bancroft C B Private 4th Regt. 1917-03-02
8600 Gray Erle E Captain 1945-04-24