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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
9260 Harris Clarence C Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 1918-10-13
9261 Harris Charles Augustus C A Private 1st South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1916-07-18
9262 Harris Colin Ainslie C A Lieutenant 55 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1944-07-02
9263 Harris C G Air Sergeant South African Air Force (Corps) 1943-04-08
9265 Harris Charles Robert David C R D Private Regiment President Steyn 1941-12-09
9266 Harris David D Second Lieutenant 21 Squadron 1941-12-11
9267 Harris Duncan Craib D C Sergeant South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 10 Field Coy. 1942-06-19
9268 Harris Denis Haig D H Warrant Officer Class II Q Service Corps (Corps) 1942-05-27
9269 Harris Doreen Shopland D S Lieutenant Women's Auxiliary Army Services (Corps) 1944-10-08
9270 Harris Ewart Gladstone E G Private 2nd South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-10-12
9271 Harris Edward Osborne E O Private 4th South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-10-12
9272 Harris Frank F Private 8th South African Infantry Machine Gun Section 1917-09-26
9273 Harris Fred Vincent F V Sergeant Major South African Horse 1st 1917-01-29
9274 Harris Frederick William F W Private Cape Peninsula Garrison Regiment 1918-10-13
9275 Harris George Arthur G A Private Regiment President Steyn 1941-12-09
9276 Harris George Allen G A Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1942-01-09
9277 Harris Herbert H Staff Sergeant South African Pay Corps (Corps) 1919-07-07
9279 Harris Henry Willoughby H W Captain Regiment Botha 2nd 1942-10-23
9280 Harris John J Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-09-20
9282 Harris John James Fitzgerald J J F Major 1st South African Infantry 1920-01-20
9283 Harris James Nott J N Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-03-24
9284 Harris James Vaughan J V Captain Cape Corps 1st 1918-09-20
9285 Harris Louis Ehrlich L E Second Lieutenant 74 Squadron 1944-05-12
9286 Harris Leonard Ralph L R Private Rand Light Infantry 1st 1942-05-29
9287 Harris Philip Henry P H Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-03-24
9288 Harris Ralph Eric R E Lance Corporal 3rd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-07-19
9289 Harris Richard Frank R F Private 3rd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-07-27
9290 Harris Ronald George R G Pupil Pilot 3 Air School 1943-02-17
9291 Harris Raymond Hitchcock R H Telegraphist South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S.A.S. Robinson 1943-12-16
9292 Harris Reginald John R J Lieutenant South African Air Force (Corps) 1944-05-22
9293 Harris Reginald Roberts Kekewich French R R K F Trooper South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 6th Res. Regiment 1944-06-07
9294 Harris Robert Sykes R S Private 5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse) 1915-04-27
9295 Harris Raymond William Smart R W S Private 3rd South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1916-10-18
9296 Harris Sydney S Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 1944-07-22
9297 Harris Samuel S Private South African Horse 3rd 1917-04-04
9298 Harris Samuel Alick S A Corporal South African Horse 3rd 1916-05-19
9299 Harris William W Private Cape Corps 1944-05-13
9300 Harris William W Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-04-17
9301 Harris Wallace Cranmer W C Lieutenant South African Service Corps (Corps) Supplies 1917-09-27
9302 Harris Willie Peter W P Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st 1919-08-26
9303 Harris William Stanley W S Private 3rd South African Infantry 1917-09-20
43400 Harris Lucien L Air Mechanic South African Air Force (Corps) 1 Air Depot 1949-08-13
9304 Harrison Abdulla A Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1944-01-30
9306 Harrison Arthur Gerald A G Lieutenant South African Air Force (Corps) 1944-06-15
9307 Harrison Arthur Hugh A H Sapper South African Mounted Engineers 1918-11-30
9308 Harrison Benjamin B Private South African Horse 8th 1916-10-10
9309 Harrison Charles C Private South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1916-06-14
9311 Harrison Clement J C J Air Corporal South African Air Force (Corps) 1945-02-12
9312 Harrison Edward George E G Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1944-12-20
9313 Harrison Fred F Captain 7th Infantry (Kimberley Regiment) "C" Coy. 1915-04-26