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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) 60 UDF — Union Defence Force 24,793 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,693 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 985 SAP — South African Police 3,730 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 158 AUS — Australian forces 164 UK — British forces 4,055 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 24,793 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
13508 Lewis Johannes Petrus J P Private 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) 1918-10-16
13509 Lewis John William J W Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 1st Bn. 1941-12-16
13510 Lewis Leonard L Private South African Medical Corps 1916-02-02
13513 Lewis Reginald R Private Indian and Malay Corps 1941-12-09
13514 Lewis Robert R Private Q Service Corps 1942-02-17
13519 Lewis Reginald Victor R V Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-10-10
13520 Lewis Robert Yuil R Y Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 15 Squadron 1944-01-04
13521 Lewis Sally S Private Indian and Malay Corps 1941-01-17
13522 Lewis Saul S Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-11-16
13523 Lewis Thomas T Corporal Cape Corps 1942-02-06
13525 Lewis William Jacobus W J Lance Corporal Returned Soldiers' Battalion 1920-11-08
13526 Lewis William Simon W S Shoeing Smith South African Veterinary Corps 1918-01-14
13527 Lewison Bernhard Leon B L Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-07-25
13528 Ley Douglas Ernest D E Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps 8 Field Squadron 1944-07-02
13529 Ley Douglas John D J Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-10-13
13530 Ley William Henry W H Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-09
13531 Leykauff Frederick F Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-01-24
13532 Leyland Percy P Private South African Medical Corps 1917-08-07
13533 Leyshon Thomas St. Ledger T S L Captain South African Medical Corps 1918-05-22
13537 Libalene James J South African Native Labour Corps 1916-10-12
41003 Libelo Lesebana L Labourer South African Native Labour Corps Railway and Harbour Base Workshops 1915-08-17
13541 Liberty C J Private Cape Corps 1942-01-25
13542 Liberty Joseph J South African Native Labour Corps Boats and Animals 1917-03-28
13544 Lichtenstein Heinz Maximilian H M Air Mechanic South African Air Force 36 Flt 1942-02-26
13545 Lickfold Kenneth Malcolm K M Private Transvaal Scottish 3rd Bn. 1941-11-22
13547 Liddell William Wilfred W W Private 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers) "D" Squadron 1914-11-30
13548 Liddle John J Lieutenant South African Navy H.M.S.A.S. Barbrake 1945-08-08
13550 Liebenberg A J Warrant Officer Class II South African Air Force 1941-08-01
13551 Liebenberg Andries Petrus A P Lance Corporal South African Mounted Brigade Scouts 2nd 1916-12-07
13552 Liebenberg Barend Francois B F Private South African Service Corps 1918-12-12
13553 Liebenberg B J Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1941-12-09
13554 Liebenberg Christoffel Jacobus C J Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-08-31
13555 Liebenberg C R J Sergeant General Service Corps 1943-03-26
13556 Liebenberg Emile E Major Special Service Battalion 1944-06-10
13557 Liebenberg Minnaar M Private First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1945-04-16
13558 Liebenberg Hendrik Christoffel Weideman H C W Captain South African Air Force 1 Squadron 1947-04-17
13559 Liebenberg H S Corporal South African Pay Corps 1942-04-15
13560 Liebenberg Hendrik Stephanus H S Constable South African Military Constabulary 2nd 1919-07-25
13561 Liebenberg J Private Q Service Corps 1941-11-23
13562 Liebenberg John J Private South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1917-07-12
13564 Liebenberg Johannes Matthys J M Trooper South African Horse 4th 1916-05-18
13565 Liebenberg Stephen Francis S F Trooper South African Horse 5th 1916-09-07
31335 Liebenberg Tertius T Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 2 Squadron 1951-06-09
13567 Liebmann Herman Albert H A Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1945-04-10
13569 Liebrandt John Sebastian J S Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-24
13570 Liebson Stephen S Captain South African Medical Corps 4th Regt. South African Infantry 1918-03-22
13571 Liedeman Jacobus J Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-07-22
13572 Liefeldt John Aubrey J A Bombardier South African Artillery 5 Field Regt. 1942-06-05
13573 Liepmannssohn Hans H H H Corporal South African Engineer Corps 1945-06-08
13574 Lifa John J Private South African Native Labour Corps 4th Bn. 1917-02-21