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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 3,857 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 1,029 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
1282 Bastile G South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1914-08-04
1283 Baston Douglas Thomson D T Engine Room Artificer 4th Class South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S. Hollyhock 1942-04-09
1284 Baston William Arthur W A Sapper South African Corps of Signals (Corps) South African Corps Signal Coy, R.E. 1919-02-05
1285 Batchelor Alexander Walter A W Private 4th South African Infantry 1917-04-12
1286 Batchelor Colin C Lieutenant 24 Squadron 1943-07-05
1288 Bate Richard Shepperson R S Lieutenant General Service Corps (Corps) 1945-02-16
1289 Bateman Cecil C Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-04-12
1291 Bateman Hilton Finley H F Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-10-17
1292 Bateman Noel Jack N J Private Rand Light Infantry 1944-05-12
1294 Bateman Thomas T Chief Engine Room Artificer South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S.A.S. Africana 1943-06-30
1295 Bateman Walter Slade W S Captain General Service Corps (Corps) 1941-11-05
1296 Bates Arthur Alfred A A Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 1st Bn. 1942-06-07
1297 Bates Arthur John A J Pupil Pilot South African Air Force (Corps) 1944-03-14
1298 Bates Derek Arthur D A Flight Sergeant South African Air Force (Corps) 75 Operational Training Unit RAF 1944-02-11
1299 Bates James William J W Private Q Service Corps (Corps) 1942-11-28
1302 Bates Schalk William Wentzel Jacobus S W W J Private 5th South African Infantry 1917-03-21
1303 Bates William W Corporal 4th South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1916-07-06
1305 Bateson Harold H Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-09-20
1307 Batham Charles Alfred Frederick C A F Private 2nd South African Infantry 1916-10-12
1308 Batham George Charles G C Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-09-12
1309 Batham Lawrence Percival L P Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
1310 Batiste Andries A Private Cape Corps 1941-12-09
1311 Batteau Dominic Angelo Edward D A E Trooper South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 6th Armoured Car Regiment 1943-02-05
1312 Batten Arthur A Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1941-02-22
1313 Batten Ernest Charles Lambourn E C L Private 4th South African Infantry 1917-09-21
1314 Batterbury Joseph J Quartermaster South African Mounted Rifles 3rd Regiment 1916-04-15
1315 Battle Reginald R Able Seaman South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S.A.S. Soetvlei 1944-05-11
1317 Batty J E Sergeant Q Service Corps (Corps) 1943-03-03
1318 Batty Robert R Air Corporal 15 Squadron 1943-05-30
1321 Bauchop Stephen S Private South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 6th Armoured Car Regiment 1941-11-22
1322 Bauer Hugo Frans H F Private 2nd South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1917-04-09
1323 Baugh Richard Bertram R B Lieutenant Transvaal Scottish 1st Bn. 1942-02-09
1324 Baum Felix Walter F W Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 1 A.A. Bty. 1941-05-02
1325 Baum Harold H Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
1326 Baumann Ludwig Friedrich L F Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
1329 Bawden Wilfred Richard W R Stoker 2nd Class South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S. Orion 1942-09-16
1331 Baxter Charles Philip C P Private 7th South African Infantry 1917-11-18
1332 Baxter David McGilvany D M Lance Corporal 4th South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1917-02-01
1333 Baxter Edward Alexander E A Lieutenant 26 Squadron 1943-06-01
1334 Baxter EDWARD McNEIL E M Lieutenant South African Air Force (Corps) 1945-01-28
1335 Baxter Edward Rooksby E R Private 2nd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-10-12
1336 Baxter Harry H Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-04-10
1337 Baxter Joseph Charles J C Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 5th Regiment 1918-10-18
1338 Baxter Sam S Private Cape Corps 1945-10-02
1339 Baxter Wilfred W Private Cape Corps 1944-12-12
1340 Baxter Walter W Staff Sergeant South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1917-04-06
1341 Bay James J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 4th Bn. 1917-02-21
1343 Bayi James J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) South African Railway Operating Company 1916-10-20
1345 Bayley Henry James H J Pupil Pilot 21 Air School 1942-02-16
1346 Bayley Herbert John Plumstead H J P Air Sergeant 24 Squadron 1942-07-23