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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
22381 Schiffers P M Private Cape Corps 1943-06-30
22383 Schild Beverley W B W Lieutenant South African Air Force 208 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1942-02-02
22384 Schilder R D Leading Seaman South African Navy H.M.S.A.S. St. Helena 1945-12-02
22387 Schleiss Alfred David A D Private South African Irish 1st Bn. 1941-02-02
22388 Schlenkrick Herman Robert H R Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 2nd Regt. 1915-01-29
22389 Schlihsman John James Douglas J J D Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-09-21
22390 Schluter Carl Hendrik C H Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1st 1941-10-31
22391 Schmelzer Richard James R J Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-12-12
22392 Schmidt Alfred Ernest A E Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-19
22393 Schmidt B R C Sergeant Q Service Corps 1945-10-16
22394 Schmidt Herman H Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st 1919-05-26
22395 Schmidt Johan Diederick J D Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 1947-06-27
22396 Schmidt Peter P Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-08-13
22397 Schmidt Tommy Johannes T J Sapper South African Engineer Corps 25 Road Constr. Coy. 1944-06-26
22398 Schmidt Vernon Gerald V G Lance Corporal Imperial Light Horse 1st 1943-12-08
22399 Schmidt William August W A Private South African Infantry Corps 8th Regt. 1917-02-07
22402 Schneider Aaron Wolf A W Private 1st Reserve Brigade 8th Bn. 1945-03-03
22403 Schneider James Harry William Lewis J H W L Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-12-21
22404 Schneider Louis L Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
22405 Schneider Norman F (jack) N F Warrant Officer Class II General Service Corps 1944-11-17
22407 Schneider Solomon S Lieutenant South African Air Force 1 Squadron 1944-11-07
22409 Schoeler Cornelius Johannes C J Corporal Special Service Battalion 1944-07-05
22410 Schoeler Victor Paul V P Sergeant Essential Services Protection Corps 1944-05-08
22411 Schoeman Adam Johannes A J Air Corporal South African Air Force 21 Squadron 1945-06-03
22412 Schoeman Abraham Jacobus A J Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-25
22413 Schoeman Ben B Private Indian and Malay Corps 1943-01-23
22414 Schoeman BAREND (aka BENJAMIN) JOHANNES B J Trooper Special Service Battalion 1944-09-23
22415 Schoeman Cornelius Petrus C P Corporal South African Horse 2nd 1917-12-11
22416 Schoeman Daniel Wilhelm D W Air Mechanic South African Air Force 10 Squadron 1944-05-29
22417 Schoeman Gideon G Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
22418 Schoeman Harry H Corporal Cape Corps 1945-12-15
22419 Schoeman Jurgens J J J Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1942-08-02
22420 Schoeman Jacobus Petrus J P Corporal Technical Service Corps 1944-03-02
22421 Schoeman MacK M Private Cape Corps 1944-04-19
22422 Schoeman Michael Phillipus M P Sapper South African Engineer Corps 31 Road Construction Coy. 1944-09-03
22423 Schoeman Stephanus Gerhardus S G Corporal South African Corps of Military Police 1943-05-28
22424 Schoeman S J Burgher Mounted Commandos Deniker's Commando 1914-11-27
32821 Schoeman Frederick Petrus F P Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 11 Squadron 1939-04-04
32823 Schoeman HENDRIK STEPHANUS van HEERDEN H S V H Major South African Armoured Corps 2 Special Service Battalion 1951-03-24
41473 Schoeman Stephanus Johannes S J Staff Sergeant South African Technical Services Corps 61 Base Workshop 1951-09-29
22426 Schofield Tom T Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-08-01
22427 Scholfield Roy Samuel R S Gunner South African Artillery 2 Field Regt. 1942-06-13
22428 Scholtz Andries A Private Cape Corps 1941-06-05
22429 Scholtz Alfred Ethelbert A E Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-05-13
22430 Scholtz Cornelius A C A Private Technical Service Corps 1943-06-20
22431 Scholtz Carlous Peter C P Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-10
22432 Scholtz Daniel Jacobus D J Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1942-12-12
22433 Scholtz Frederick Jacobus F J Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-07
22434 Scholtz Hans H Driver South African Native Labour Corps 1917-03-05
22435 Scholtz Hendrik Christoffel H C Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1944-11-16