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
9728	Henry		R	Corporal			1947-02-26
40609	Henry	Krag George	K G	Labourer		Heidelberg Commando	1915-03-22
9730	Henshilwood	John Sivert	J S	Lieutenant			1944-11-18
9731	Hensley		F	Private			1941-09-08
9732	Henstock	James Walter	J W	Warrant Officer Class II			1946-05-13
9734	Henwood	Albert John	A J	Driver		No. 1 Armoured Train	1915-05-20
9736	Hepburn	Arnot	A	Bombardier		5 Field Regt.	1942-06-05
9738	Hepburn	Gordon	G	Lieutenant			1945-08-28
9739	Hepburn	Norman Eric Cameron	N E C	Staff Sergeant	Transvaal Scottish	3rd Bn.	1941-11-23
9743	Heradien	Daniel	D	Private			1943-09-29
9744	Herald	James	J	Private			1945-03-05
9745	Herbert	Alfred James	A J	Private		6th Regt.	1917-01-20
9746	Herbert	Charles Benedictus	C B	Lance Corporal		3rd Armoured Car Regt.	1942-11-28
9747	Herbert	Frederick William	F W	Private		4th Regt.	1916-07-14
9749	Herbert	Jack	J	Private	Natal Scottish	3rd	1945-09-21
9750	Herbert	John Conradie	J C	Private		1st Regt.	1917-04-12
9751	Herbert	Richard	R	Sergeant	Royal Durban Light Infantry	1st Bn.	1941-12-16
9752	Herbert	William Lemuel Lord	W L L	Lieutenant		1 Sqdn.	1942-02-13
9753	Herbison	Ernest Newman	E N	Private		4th Regt.	1916-09-19
9754	Herbst		C F B	Private			1942-11-02
9755	Herbst	Cornelius Rudolf	C R	Rifleman	South African Mounted Rifles	Medical Section	1918-10-17
9756	Herbst	George Charles Alfred	G C A	Private	Regiment Botha	2nd	1941-11-26
9757	Herbst		J J W	Air Corporal		Voortrekkerhoogte Air Station	1943-05-10
9758	Herbst	Sarel Coenraad Petrus	S C P	Sapper		12 Field Sqn.	1944-06-22
30695	Herbst	Abraham Johannes	A J	Air Mechanic		32 (Buffalo) Battalion	1939-01-05
30699	Herbst	Johannes Hendrik	J H	Lance Bombardier		Coast Artillery Brigade	1936-05-30
9759	Herington	Frank	F	Sergeant		Sanitary Section	1916-12-22
9760	Herling	Lodwyk	L	Private			1943-06-23
9762	Herman	Martinus	M	Donkey Driver			1917-01-19
9765	Herns	John Daniel	J D	Private			1947-09-05
9766	Herold	Francis William	F W	Lance Corporal		1st Regt.	1917-09-20
9767	Herold	Henry Johannes	H J	Private		12th Regt.	1916-08-22
9768	Heroldt	Constance Lillian	C L	Private			1944-04-27
9771	Herran	William John	W J	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-03-24
9773	Herselman	Christian Albritch	C A	Private		5th Regt.	1919-10-10
9774	Herselman	Napoleon	N	Private	Rand Light Infantry	1st	1942-01-15
9777	Hesketh	Roy Oscar	R O	Lieutenant		29 Operational Training Unit	1944-09-19
9778	Heslop	Dudley Baldwin	D B	Corporal	Royal Durban Light Infantry	1st Bn.	1942-06-07
9780	Heslop	Lionel	L	Private		10th Regt.	1917-09-12
9781	Hesqua	James	J	Private			1944-01-27
9783	Hesselman	Hillis James	H J	Private	Royal Durban Light Infantry	1st Bn.	1941-12-16
9785	Hester	Francis Danby	F D	Sergeant		3rd Regt.	1916-08-01
9786	Hetherington	Gavin Murdoch	G M	Lieutenant		60 Sqdn.	1943-01-27
9787	Hetherington	Wilfrid	W	Private		1st Regt.	1916-07-22
9788	Heuer	Gerard Johannes	G J	Air Mechanic			1944-11-22
9789	Heugh	Carl	C	Corporal			1945-01-21
9791	Heugh	Tiene Paul	T P	Private			1942-11-14
9794	Heward	Thomas	T	Private		1st Regt.	1918-04-10
9796	Hewat	Ronald Duxbury	R D	Private			1944-02-15
9797	Hewat	William Duxbury	W D	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-03-24