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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
27754 Warner Christopher Herbert C H Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1943-01-06
27755 Warner John J Corporal South African Rifles 1st 1918-10-21
27756 Warner Ronald Edward R E Corporal South African Corps of Military Police 1947-01-02
27758 Warner Trevor Ray T R Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 15 Squadron 1945-03-07
27761 Warren Allen Victor A V Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps 6 Field Coy. 1941-03-28
27762 Warren Dudley Boyd D B Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-24
27764 Warren George Stoddard Travers G S T Lieutenant South African Air Force 12 Squadron 1942-07-24
27766 Warren Henry Templar H T Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-18
27767 Warren John Kenneth Harty J K H Staff Sergeant General Service Corps 1943-12-10
27768 Warren John Sydney Robert J S R Lieutenant South African Air Force 1 Squadron 1941-01-12
27771 Warrington Frank John F J Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 2 Air School 1942-02-05
27772 Warrington Henry Edmund H E Private South African Medical Corps 1st Field Ambulance 1918-04-15
27775 Warwick Francis F Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-09-20
27776 Warwick Linnell David Granville L D G Lance Bombardier South African Artillery 4 Field Regt. 1942-03-02
27777 Warwick Mark Neville M N Air Sergeant South African Air Force 71 Flight 1941-09-05
27781 Washington George Ian G I Sergeant South African Instructional Corps 1943-11-10
27783 Wason Ernest Cameron E C Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-10-14
27784 Waspe Ernest Ebenezer E E Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-10-21
27785 Wasserfall Clifford William C W Bandsman Imperial Light Horse 1st 1942-06-16
27786 Wasserfall William George W G Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-04-11
27787 Wasserman Cornelius J C C J C Private Rand Light Infantry 2nd Bn. 1940-12-22
27788 Wasserman Daniel D Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1918-01-10
27789 Wasserman Joshua J Private Rand Light Infantry 1st 1942-10-29
27790 Wassermann Johannes Petrus Calvyn J P C Private Transvaal Scottish 3rd Bn. 1941-11-23
27791 Watcham Cuthbert Edward C E Air Mechanic South African Air Force 1944-05-25
27792 Watcham Percival P Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-04-29
27793 Waterboer G Private Indian and Malay Corps 1943-12-25
27794 Waterfield William Thomas Heathcock W T H Sergeant Essential Services Protection Corps 1942-02-02
27795 Waterford Ernest Anthony E A Signaller South African Corps of Signals 1st S.A. Bde. Sig. Coy. 1945-02-16
27796 Waterhouse John Victor J V Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry 1st Bn. 1942-11-24
27797 Waterman Edwin Swaine E S Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 6th Regt. 1916-02-12
27798 Waterman Herbert Robert H R Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-03-19
27799 Watermeyer Cecil C Private Technical Service Corps 1946-10-27
27801 Watermeyer Norman Maitland N M Captain South African Air Force 24 Squadron 1944-02-03
27802 Waters Eric Gordon E G Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-09-11
27803 Waters George Jenkin G J Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. 1914-09-26
27804 Waters John J Sergeant Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-10-23
27805 Waters John Frederick Penrose J F P Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (South Africa) S.A.R.N.V.R. H.M.S. "Afrikander" 1918-10-16
27806 Waters Robert Arthur R A Signaller South African Corps of Signals 1944-12-30
27807 Waters Ruben Hulyett R H Sapper South African Mounted Engineers 1917-11-19
27808 Waterson Hugh Connellan H C Sergeant South African Medical Corps 1944-12-23
27809 Waterson John J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps South African Veterinary Corps 1917-04-05
27810 Waterston William Anderson W A Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment "B" Coy. 1945-04-23
27811 Waterston William Anderson W A Sergeant South African Medical Corps 1947-06-02
27814 Watkins Charles Collyer C C Private Mounted Commandos Kimberley Commando (Scott's Horse). 1914-12-02
27815 Watkins Daniel Vernon Vale D V V Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-11-28
27816 Watkins Edward E Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-18
27817 Watkins Frank F F F Private 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) 1918-01-01
27818 Watkins Frank Malcolm F M Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-04-12
27819 Watkins Godfrey Everett G E Sergeant Prince Alfred's Guard 1945-04-14