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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) 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.

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
24624 Sweet Reginald Philip Albert R P A Sapper South African Corps of Signals (Corps) South African Div. Signal Coy. 1917-05-01
24626 Sweetman William Thomas W T Lance Corporal 1st South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1918-03-23
24625 Sweetnam Walter Eugene W E Private 2nd South African Infantry 1916-11-27
24627 Swemmer Percival Francis P F Private 4th South African Infantry 1916-07-18
24628 Swemmer Percy Frederick P F Private Umvoti Mounted Rifles 1944-02-06
24629 Swiegelaar H J Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1941-03-05
24630 Swiel Ronald R Lieutenant 18 Squadron 1944-12-04
24631 Swift Frederick F Lance Corporal 3rd South African Infantry 1917-04-09
24633 Swindon Leslie Arthur Mortimer L A M Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1941-12-03
24634 Switzer Walter Barrington W B Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-10-23
24635 Sycamore Harry H Private 3rd South African Infantry 1917-09-20
40802 Sydien Dolly Verserdien D V Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st 1918-10-20
24636 Sydow Osman O Corporal Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1943-09-24
24640 Sykes Fred F Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-02-02
24641 Sykes Frank Arthur F A Private 4th South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-07-10
24642 Sykes S G Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1941-11-25
24643 Sykes Willie W Native Driver South African Field Artillery 2nd Bty. 1917-04-22
24644 Sylvester Isaac I Private Cape Corps 1945-12-25
24645 Symes Albert Stretton A S Lance Corporal 2nd South African Infantry 1917-10-13
24646 Symes John Ellis J E Lieutenant 60 Squadron 1943-01-31
24647 Symes James Robert J R Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-09-20
24648 Symes Lindsay Henry Edward L H E Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-09-20
24649 Symington Ivon Teska I T Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1944-09-09
24650 Symington James Revell J R Lance Corporal Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
24651 Symmes Howard Church H C Major 2nd South African Infantry 1917-04-09
24652 Symmonds Charles William C W Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1945-07-11
24653 Symonds James J Company Sergeant Major 4th South African Infantry 1918-03-24
24655 Symons Alfred Samuel Woolfrey A S W Private 5th Infantry (Kaffrarian Rifles) 1914-09-10
24656 Symons Charles Sylvester C S Private 1st South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1916-10-18
24658 Symons Jacob J Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1919-07-28
24660 Symons Maurlce Methley M M Able Seaman South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S. Gloucester 1941-05-22
24661 Symons Sidney Robert S R Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-03-24
24662 Symons Sydney Sylvester S S Private 2nd South African Infantry 1916-10-10
24663 Symons William W Private 8th South African Infantry 1916-03-21
24664 Syphus S Corporal Q Service Corps (Corps) 1947-10-04
24665 Syrett Howard Evelyn H E Private South African Rifles 1st 1919-08-18
24951 THABAKHOLE or THABAKHOLO Peter P Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-08-21
41094 Taai Diamond D Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Transport and Remounts 1915-02-09
24666 Taaibos Jacob J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-04-14
24667 Taaibosch Kleinbooi K Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1916-12-26
24668 Taaibosch Peter Daniel P Donkey Driver South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-01-03
24669 Tabakana Solomon S Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Railway Section 1917-05-20
24670 Tabanche Joseph J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 34th Bn. 1917-11-13
24671 Taberer Travers Charles Melville T C M Captain South African Reserve Mechanical Transport 107 Coy. 1943-07-07
24672 Tabete Enoch E Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1943-03-03
24674 Tabodi Cornelius C Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-06-25
24675 Tabor Owen Francis O F Air Mechanic South African Air Force (Corps) 1942-06-22
24676 Tabudi Jacob J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 5th Bn. 1917-02-21
24677 Tabushe Jack J Donkey Driver South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-10-14
24678 Tabutiwa Ben Motogeloa B M Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1943-10-02