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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
21966 Rowe Richard Thorton R T 2nd Corporal South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service 1919-01-14
21967 Rowe Walter Edmund W E Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-16
21968 Rowland Andrew A Private Transvaal Scottish 2nd Bn. 1941-12-09
21969 Rowland Geoffrey G Bombardier South African Artillery 1941-06-05
21970 Rowland-Hall Sydney Cuthbert S C Air Corporal South African Air Force 1946-01-30
21971 Rowlands David Llewellyn D L Private South African Corps of Signals South African Div. Signal Coy. 1916-10-30
21973 Rowles Harry Nelson H N Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1918-09-12
21974 Rowles Samuel Christopher S C Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-09-20
21975 Rowles Thomas Estcourt T E Private South African Infantry Corps 6th Regt. 1917-05-11
21976 Rowley Reginald Thompson R T Private South African Infantry Corps 7th Regt. 1916-02-12
21977 Rowse Harry Blackmore H B Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-10-17
21978 Rowson Samuel Haswell S H Lieutenant South African Air Force 26 Squadron 1944-03-04
21979 Rowson Thomas T Signaller South African Corps of Signals South African Div. Signal Coy. 1918-08-23
21980 Roy Alexander A Sergeant South African Heavy Artillery 72nd Siege Battery 1916-08-03
21982 Roy Gordon Allan G A Lieutenant South African Air Force 1 Squadron 1944-09-18
21983 Roy James J Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-04-17
21984 Roy William W Private South African Infantry Corps 7th Regt. 1917-07-19
21985 Royan James J Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-07-19
21986 Roycroft George Harold G H Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-30
21989 Royne James J Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st 1918-05-25
21990 Royston Garnet Hume Donovan G H D Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-10-27
21991 Royston William Alfred W A Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-10-12
21993 Rubin Allan Bernard A B Private Transvaal Scottish 1941-12-09
21994 Rubin Jack J Private South African Infantry Corps 9th Regt. 1916-07-16
21995 Rubin Norman N Private Indian and Malay Corps 1941-03-31
21996 Ruck Joseph John J J Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-10-15
21997 Rudd Clarence C Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-04-12
21998 Rudd Christian Tiberius C T Sapper South African Engineer Corps 33 Works Coy. 1941-05-20
21999 Rudd Ernest Frederick E F Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-24
22000 Rudd Jack J Lieutenant Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1st 1941-02-22
22001 Rudd Johannes Lodewickus J L Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-06-09
22003 Ruddle Philip James P J Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-06-13
22004 Ruddle Cecil Henry Guy C H G Second Lieutenant South African Air Force Afu 1944-01-21
22005 Ruddle Frederick F Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-17
22007 Ruddle Walter James W J Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. 1918-10-21
22008 Ruddock Arthur Edward A E Captain South African Air Force 1945-05-09
22009 Ruddock R N Captain South African Armoured Corps 1945-01-05
22010 Rudman Evelyn E Sapper South African Pioneers 1918-12-09
22011 Rudolf Thomas James T J Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-11
22012 Rudolph Charles C Private General and Base Depots Depot Battalion (Port Elizabeth). 1914-12-10
22013 Rudolph Edward Francis Bennett E F B Lieutenant General Service Corps 1943-10-05
22014 Rudolph Johannes J Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-07-24
22015 Rudolph Siefried Victor S V Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-22
22016 Ruffles Leslie A. L A Private South African Medical Corps 12 Field Amb. 1942-07-03
22017 Ruiter George G South African Native Labour Corps Boats and Animals 1916-12-21
22018 Ruiter Joseph Aiden J A Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1919-03-11
32767 Ruiter Denis Aidan D A Lieutenant South African Air Force 2 Squadron 1951-03-02
22019 Ruiters D Private Cape Corps 1944-03-20
22020 Ruiters D Private Cape Corps 1944-08-29
22021 Ruiters David D Private Cape Corps 122 M.T. Coy. 1941-09-13