PDF

← Info

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 3,874 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 1,041 SAP — South African Police 3,732 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 159 AUS — Australian forces 167 UK — British forces 4,095 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.

Wikipedia
# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
23605 Smith Robert William R W Signaller South African Corps of Signals (Corps) 10th Bde. 1941-08-23
23606 Smith Stephanus S Warrant Officer Class I 24 Squadron 1944-03-06
23607 Smith Samuel S Leader South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-04-19
23608 Smith Samuel S Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-12
23609 Smith Stafford S Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-07-07
23610 Smith Stanley S Corporal Transvaal Scottish 2nd Bn. 1942-01-11
23611 Smith Sydney Baldwin S B Corporal 1st South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1916-10-18
23612 Smith Stephen Cubitt S C Second Lieutenant 21 Squadron 1943-07-03
23613 Smith Sydney Charles S C Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 1918-10-17
23615 Smith Selkirk MacLachlan S M Cyclist South African Motor Cyclist Corps (Corps) 1917-10-13
23616 Smith Thomas T Driver South African Service Corps (Corps) M.t. 1917-02-07
23617 Smith Tom T Private Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) 1942-07-17
23618 Smith Thomas Clarke T C Lieutenant South African Horse 3rd 1916-05-08
23619 Smith Thomas Jacobus T J Private Field Force Battalion 1942-10-24
23620 Smith Thomas Jacobus T J Warrant Officer Class I Q Service Corps (Corps) 1945-10-01
23621 Smith Thomas William T W Private 4th South African Infantry 1917-08-15
23622 Smith V Private Technical Service Corps (Corps) 5th Bde. Workshops 1941-11-22
23625 Smith Verdun Lennox V L Air Sergeant South African Air Force (Corps) 1942-12-24
23626 Smith William W Private 3rd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-08-01
23628 Smith Wilson W Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) South African Remounts Nairobi 1916-08-31
23629 Smith Walter Aubrey W A Lance Corporal 8th South African Infantry 1916-03-21
23630 Smith William Abraham W A Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 1943-12-29
23631 Smith Walter Arnold Capewell W A C Sergeant South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 6th Armoured Car Regiment 1942-06-22
23632 Smith Willem Christian W C Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 1942-11-25
23633 Smith Walter Cecil W C Private 1st South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-07-18
23634 Smith William Charles W C Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-03-22
23635 Smith William David Clarke W D C Lieutenant 31 Squadron 1944-06-12
23636 Smith W E Air Sergeant South African Air Force (Corps) 1947-11-12
23637 Smith William Ernest W E Gunner Cape Garrison Artillery 1918-10-19
23638 Smith William G W G Sergeant Protectorate Garrison Regiment 1918-10-22
23639 Smith William Gayner W G Lance Corporal 2nd South African Infantry 1917-10-15
23640 Smith William George Cecil W G C Private Q Service Corps (Corps) 1941-05-18
23642 Smith William Henry W H Private Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) 1945-02-02
23643 Smith William Henry W H Private 2nd South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-10-15
23644 Smith Walter Henry Melford W H M Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-04-13
23645 Smith Willem Jacobus W J Lance Corporal 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) 1918-10-15
23646 Smith William John Howard W J H Private 1st South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1918-03-24
23647 Smith Walter L W L Private Technical Service Corps (Corps) 1944-09-23
23648 Smith William Lewis W L Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-10-07
23649 Smith Waldron Melford W M Private Rand Light Infantry "A" Coy. 1942-02-11
23650 Smith Walter Ralph W R Lieutenant Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-22
23651 Smith William Stephen W S Private 3rd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1917-01-03
23652 Smith William Thomas W T Corporal South African Military Constabulary 2nd 1918-11-01
31260 Smith Kenneth Carrington K C Lieutenant Royal Engineers 4 South African Infantry Battalion 1919-03-26
33006 Smith Charles C Air Apprentice South African Air Force (Corps) 1936-10-18
33013 Smith George Dougles G D Private South African Medical Corps (Corps) 85 Combat Flying School 1928-08-21
33017 Smith Ivan Griffith I G Second Lieutenant 28 Squadron 1950-03-18
33018 Smith Joachim Elais Petrus J E P Private Special Service Battalion "B" Coy. 1936-11-19
33020 Smith Joseph Rudolph Gideon J R G Air Mechanic 25 Field Squadron 1935-07-17
41400 Smith John J Native Constable South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regiment 1918-10-19