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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
8845 Groepe Gert Dirk G D Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-09-19
8846 Grogan Basil Graham B G Able Seaman South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S. Gloucester 1941-05-23
8847 Grogan John Edward J E Sub-Lieutenant South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S. Titania 1942-11-08
8848 Gronau Clift Howard C H Private 5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse) "D" Squadron 1914-09-25
8849 Gronau George Isaac G I Corporal Cape Corps 1941-12-09
8850 Grond Toss T Private Cape Corps 157 Wks Coy. 1945-08-31
8852 Groom Spensley Boyd S B Private South African Horse 8th 1916-10-19
8853 Grose Edgar John E J Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) South African Corps Signal Coy, R.E. 1918-04-26
8854 Grosman Abe Joseph A J Corporal Q Service Corps (Corps) 1947-12-03
8855 Grosse-Rasgado Wermer Richard Alex W R A Lieutenant 12 Squadron 1944-08-31
8856 Grossert John Gillis J G Lance Corporal 9th South African Infantry 1917-04-01
8857 Grotesque Fred F Private Cape Corps 1947-09-18
8858 Groth W A Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 3 Field Regiment 1941-11-22
8859 Group Martin M Driver South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) South African Field Artillery 1917-06-30
8861 Grove Ebrahim E Private Cape Corps 1945-07-28
8862 Grove Hendrik Cornelius H C Trooper South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 2nd Armoured Car Regiment 1941-08-23
8865 Grovell Jacob J Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-11-16
8866 Grovers Daniel John D J Private Cape Corps 1941-12-09
8867 Groves Arthur A Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-10-09
8868 Groves Aileen Norah Willson A N W Nursing Assistant South African Military Nursing Service 1944-09-30
8869 Groves Cecil Stanley C S Private 1st South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1918-03-23
8870 Groves Frank Carleton Selley F C S Sergeant 4th South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-04-05
8872 Groves S Private Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) 1943-04-13
43363 Grubb Edward E Lance Corporal Administrative Services Corps (Corps) 4 Vehicle Reserve Park 1950-07-25
30563 Grunder Martin Olckers M O Second Lieutenant 2 Squadron 1951-09-01
8875 Grundling Andries Everhardus Daniel A E D Air Corporal South African Air Force (Corps) 1945-07-19
8876 Grundlingh Ernest Johannes Jacobus E J J Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1944-11-02
8877 Grundman Otto Paul O P Private 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) 1916-06-06
8879 Gruskin Bernard B Lance Bombardier South African Artillery (Corps) 5 Field Regiment 1942-05-30
8880 Guaquaza William W Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-02-22
8883 Gudd Charlie C Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) South African Medical Corps 1918-10-16
8884 Guess James Edward J E Sergeant 4th South African Infantry 1918-04-13
8886 Guest Ivor Arthur Melville I A M Lieutenant Cape Corps 1st 1917-11-06
8888 Guest John Kappel Hyde J K H Lieutenant 24 Squadron 1944-05-07
8890 Guildar Bouwis B Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-03-29
8891 Guiney Edward Castray E C Captain South African Rifles 2nd 1918-02-12
8892 Guiney Norman Fitzgerald N F Second Lieutenant 4 Air School 1941-09-17
8893 Guinsberg Theodore T Signaller South African Corps of Signals (Corps) 1942-06-10
8895 Guites Jacob J Bombardier South African Heavy Artillery 125th Siege Bty. 1917-01-26
22208 Guluse Samuel S Native Constable South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regiment 1917-05-13
8896 Gumbi John J Corporal South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1947-01-02
8898 Gume William W Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1942-10-23
8899 Gumede Aaron A Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1944-11-26
8900 Gumede James J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1945-01-15
8901 Gumede John J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 5th Bn. 1917-02-21
8902 Gumede Lawrence L Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1945-07-24
8904 Gummow Selwyn Thomas S T Private Transvaal Scottish 2nd Bn. 1942-01-11
8905 Gunn A R Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 1 Anti-Tank Regiment 1942-04-13
8906 Gunn Charles Anderson C A Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-12-10
8907 Gunn Frank Arthur F A Private 2nd South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1916-10-12