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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
22199 Sampson Leonard William L W Lieutenant First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1944-07-22
22200 Sampson Peter P Lieutenant South African Artillery 1 Regt. 1942-06-14
22202 Sampson Wynand John W J Lance Sergeant Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-09
22203 Samson Fredrick F Private Indian and Malay Corps 1942-07-17
22204 Samson P Private Cape Corps 1st Bn. 1943-01-10
41071 Samuel Marcus M Labourer South African Native Labour Corps Railways and Harbours 1915-05-03
22210 Samuels David D Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-12
22211 Samuels Daniel Abraham D A Lance Bombardier Cape Corps 1942-05-30
22212 Samuels Frank F Private Cape Corps 1940-11-06
22213 Samuels Jack J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1917-02-12
22214 Samuels Kippie K Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-01-11
41072 Samuels Charles C Labourer South African Native Labour Corps Railways and Harbours 1915-04-02
22216 Sanders Colin George Phillip C G P Lieutenant South African Instructional Corps 1942-08-28
22217 Sanders Donald Gordon D G Able Seaman South African Navy H.M.S. Test 1945-07-13
22218 Sanders Douglas Rutherford D R Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-15
22219 Sanders Edward Charles E C Private South African Infantry Corps 6th Regt. 1916-04-13
22220 Sanders Herbert J H J Corporal South African Corps of Military Police 1944-03-29
22221 Sanders J V Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1941-04-09
22222 Sanders William Eric W E Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-19
22223 Sanderson David D Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1944-10-26
22224 Sanderson Frank F Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-05-31
22225 Sanderson George William G W Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-08-10
22226 Sanderson Horace Herbert H H Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-10-09
22227 Sanderson Nevil N Corporal South African Corps of Military Police 1946-07-09
22228 Sanderson Theodore Ernest T E Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 1st Bn. 1944-04-25
22230 Sandham Leonard L Private First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1944-10-20
22231 Sandholm Julius Konstantin J K Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-09-20
22232 Sandilands N M Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 1 Squadron 1941-12-05
22233 Sandilands Richard Oberbeek R O Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-04-15
22234 Sandler Israel I Private South African Medical Corps 1942-08-29
22235 Sando John J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1916-12-02
22236 Sandow Emil Albert E A Private South African Railway Services 1918-10-25
22237 Sandy George Ernest G E Staff Sergeant South African Pay Corps 1918-10-19
22239 Saner Reginald Blaine R B Colonel General Service Corps 1945-01-13
22240 Sanger Charles George C G Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-10-30
22241 Sanger William Merson W M Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-06-04
22243 Sango Matthews M Private South African Native Labour Corps 1942-06-16
22245 Sangster Henry Hackney H H Sergeant Imperial Light Horse 2nd 1915-06-12
22246 Sangster Orlando Oliver Milton O O M Sergeant First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1944-06-22
22247 Sangwen Johannes J Private South African Native Labour Corps 1944-08-23
22248 Sangwene David D Private South African Native Labour Corps 1943-03-01
22249 Sani Kolisle K Private South African Native Labour Corps 1943-04-27
22252 Sanqoto Billy B Private South African Native Labour Corps 1918-06-24
22254 Sansbury John Edward J E Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-08-01
22255 Sansom B R J Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1942-11-28
22256 Sansom Reuben Charles R C Private South African Infantry Corps 7th Regt. 1917-07-19
22257 Santo Frederick William F W Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-06-30
22258 Saphir Max M Captain South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-03-22
22259 Sapi Jonas J Private South African Native Labour Corps 24th Bn. 1918-01-15
22260 Sapiro Samuel S Gunner South African Artillery 5 Field Regt. 1942-05-31