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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
28131 Whaits Charles Albert C A Lieutenant South African Air Force 2 Squadron 1941-10-12
28132 Whaits Frank F Sergeant South African Corps of Signals 1945-01-20
28134 Whales Bert B Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-10-18
28135 Whalley Ethel Iris E I Private Women's Auxiliary Army Services 1944-10-07
28137 Whammond John J Lieutenant Colonel South African Corps of Military Police 1 Provost Coy. 1941-05-14
28138 Whatley Herbert William H W Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-21
28139 Whatmore John Herbert J H Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-08-01
28140 Whatmore Walter James Lawrence W J L Private 5th Infantry (Kaffrarian Rifles) 1915-04-15
28143 Wheatley Alexander A Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-08-01
28144 Wheeldon Harold Edwards H E Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 74th Siege Bty. 1917-05-03
28145 Wheeler Albert Edward A E Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-09-20
28147 Wheeler Charles C Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-05-04
28148 Wheeler Cecil Haven C H Private South African Irish 1st Bn. 1941-02-17
28149 Wheeler Christopher Harold Creasy C H C Warrant Officer Class I Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 1944-10-19
28150 Wheeler Charles Walter Frederick C W F Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1942-11-28
28151 Wheeler Eugene E Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1916-05-05
28152 Wheeler Edward Frederick Greenalf E F G Sergeant 1st Reserve Brigade 1946-06-27
28153 Wheeler Frederick Creasy F C Private Die Middelandse Regiment 1942-04-26
28154 Wheeler Frank Noel F N Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-26
28155 Wheeler Henry David H D Lieutenant South African Air Force 3 Squadron 1944-11-05
28156 Wheeler Henry George H G Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-09-20
28158 Wheeler John Lionel Casteldene J L C Warrant Officer Class II South African Coast Defence Corps 1942-03-26
28159 Wheeler James Napoleon J N Captain South African Chaplain's Department Chaplain to the Forces. 1942-11-02
28160 Wheeler Percy McEvoy P M Conductor South African Service Corps Animal Transport 1917-04-22
28161 Wheeler Reginald William R W Corporal South African Medical Corps Protectorate 1918-10-21
28162 Wheeler Victor V Gunner South African Artillery 1943-01-13
28163 Wheeler William Edward W E Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-11-06
28164 Wheeler William John W J Major South African Air Force 4 Squadron 1944-01-23
28165 Wheelwright Dorien Dudley D D Corporal Kaffrarian Rifles 1944-09-27
28166 Wheelwright Walter Wilfred Dillon W W D Private South African Infantry Corps 10th Regt. 1916-05-22
28167 Whelan George Edward G E Trooper South African Armoured Corps 7th Reconnaissance Bn. 1941-11-24
28169 Whelan Maurice Esmond M E Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-18
28170 Whelehan Terence Bernard T B Major South African Air Force 7 Squadron 1942-09-06
28171 Whelen Leslie Joseph L J Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-08
28172 Whiffler Raymond Leslie R L Lance Bombardier South African Artillery 1941-11-21
28175 Whitaker J B Corporal Transvaal Scottish 1st Bn. 1942-11-28
28176 Whitaker M E Lieutenant Colonel South African Air Force 1943-03-16
28177 Whitcher Hermanus Abrance H A Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 29 Operational Training Unit 1944-05-17
28178 Whitcher Leopold L Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-04-10
28179 Whitcher Percy P Private South African Horse 4th 1916-09-08
28180 Whitcomb Charles James Lester C J L Private South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1917-01-17
28182 White Arthur Charles A C Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
28183 White Albert Edward Leopold Frederick A E L F Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-24
28184 White Arthur Frank Brandon A F B Air Sergeant South African Air Force 21 Squadron 1941-11-20
28185 White Adriaan Jacob A J Private First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1945-04-16
28186 White Alfred James A J Sapper South African Pioneers 1918-12-09
28188 White Albert Maurice A M Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 21 Squadron 1943-07-03
28189 White Andrew Robert A R Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-07-17
28191 White Claude C Leading Seaman South African Navy H.M.S.A.S. Bever 1944-11-30
28192 White Cecil Herbert Charles C H C Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-09-20