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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
28194 White Charles Wilfred C W Petty Officer South African Navy H.M.S.A.S. Treern 1945-01-12
28195 White Donald D Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-24
28196 White Deryck George D G Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 4 Squadron 1942-07-20
28197 White Denis G D D G D Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1941-11-23
28198 White Edward Byam E B Burgher Mounted Commandos Bloemhof Commando 1915-04-16
28200 White Edward George E G Stoker 1st Class South African Navy H.M.S. Hermes 1942-04-09
28201 White Fred F Lance Corporal South African Medical Corps 1st Field Ambulance 1918-11-10
28203 White Gordon Charles G C Lieutenant Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-17
28205 White H Private Cape Corps 1946-09-09
28206 White Herbert William H W Sergeant 3rd Mounted Rifles (Natal Mounted Rifles) 1915-12-13
28207 White James J Signaller South African Corps of Signals 1941-07-08
28208 White John Brunton J B Lieutenant South African Air Force 1 Squadron 1941-06-17
28209 White J J Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1941-04-25
28210 White John Robert J R Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-10-15
28211 White James Sydney Dewberry J S D Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-12-17
28212 White Koos K Driver South African Native Labour Corps 1916-11-18
28213 White Lawson Alfred L A Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
28214 White Maurice M Trooper South African Horse 2nd 1916-05-02
28215 White Millicent Daintree M D Sergeant Women's Auxiliary Army Services 1944-01-07
28216 White Michael Grant M G Lieutenant South African Air Force 112 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1944-05-03
28217 White Norman N Private South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1917-07-04
28219 White Richard Thomas R T Warrant Officer Class II South African Artillery 1 Field Regt. 1942-05-26
28220 White T J Staff Sergeant Cape Corps 1944-03-06
28221 White Thomas John T J Private South African Infantry Corps 6th Regt. 1916-02-12
28222 White Victor James V J Staff Sergeant South African Armoured Corps 7th Reconnaissance Bn. 1943-09-13
28223 White Willie W Private Cape Corps 2nd 1917-07-11
28224 White William Albert W A Air Sergeant South African Air Force 23 Squadron 1943-06-19
28225 White Walter Ernest W E Sapper South African Engineer Corps 16 Field Engineers 1941-09-08
28226 White Willoughby Lancelot W L Private South African Infantry Corps 7th Regt. 1916-03-11
28227 White William Mark W M Company Sergeant Major South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-10
41674 White Harold Edward H E Captain South African Air Force 1 Mil Hospital 1957-02-09
28229 Whitebooi Harold H Private Cape Corps 1942-02-14
28230 Whitebooi Johannes J Private Cape Corps 1942-08-04
28231 Whitecross Bartlett Wallace B W Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-07-27
28234 Whitehead Gordon G Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-07-31
28237 Whitehead Robert Brian R B Lance Bombardier South African Artillery 2 Field Regt. 1942-12-18
28238 Whitehead William W Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-09-20
33852 Whitehead Kenneth Ralph K R Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 2 Squadron 1951-12-03
28239 Whitehorn Ronald Gordon R G Lieutenant South African Air Force 7 Squadron 1945-01-04
28240 Whitelaw Cyril Oscar C O Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-19
28241 Whitelaw Leslie Langton L L Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-07-18
28242 Whitelaw Robert Pender R P Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force 31 Squadron 1944-10-13
28243 Whites Daniel D Private Cape Corps 1943-06-26
28244 Whitfield Frederick William F W Corporal South African Engineer Corps 61 Tunnelling Coy. 1944-06-10
28246 Whitford Simon Henry S H Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1918-03-21
28247 Whiting Ernest E Captain South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-10-16
28249 Whitson Cuthbert Benson Ryder C B R Captain South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-16
28250 Whittaker Alan A Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-02-18
28251 Whittaker Albert William A W Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1943-10-29
28252 Whittaker Eamonn De Valera E D V Sapper South African Engineer Corps 33 Works Coy. 1941-03-11