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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
28313 Wilde Herbert Alfred H A Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-08-31
28314 Wildebeest J Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1944-01-08
28315 Wildebeest Solomon S Private South African Native Labour Corps 1945-01-13
28318 Wiles Harry H Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-07-18
28320 Wiley Francis Hill F H Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-07-03
28321 Wiley Peter Alfred Hurrel P A H Corporal Pretoria Regiment 1944-06-26
28322 Wilke Jan Louis Kotze J L K Second Lieutenant South African Artillery 1940-02-19
28323 Wilken Cornelius J C J Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1943-09-01
28324 Wilkens Cornelius C Captain Mounted Commandos Sutherland Commando 1915-01-16
28325 Wilkes Arnett A Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-04-19
28327 Wilkie Eric Frederick E F Gunner South African Artillery 2 Field Regt. 1942-06-20
28328 Wilkin Hendrick P J H P J Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 2nd Bn. 1942-06-20
28329 Wilkin Noel Thomas N T Lieutenant South African Air Force 113 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1942-12-20
28331 Wilkins George Proctor G P Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 2nd Brigade Depot 1916-11-17
28332 Wilkins Henry Joseph H J Fitter South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-10-16
28333 Wilkins James Simmonds J S Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-25
28334 Wilkins T B Staff Sergeant Major South African Railway Services 1916-11-20
28335 Wilkinson Arthur Henry A H Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-14
28336 Wilkinson Arthur James A J Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 1947-09-05
28338 Wilkinson Dudley Albert D A Lieutenant South African Air Force 55 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1943-07-06
28340 Wilkinson Francis Norman F N Lieutenant South African Air Force 12 Squadron 1944-08-14
28341 Wilkinson George B G B Major South African Medical Corps 1946-12-21
28342 Wilkinson Gwendoline E G E Air Woman Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.) 1941-07-28
28343 Wilkinson George Frederick G F Gunner Cape Garrison Artillery 1918-10-08
28344 Wilkinson Herbert Arthur H A Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1920-06-24
28345 Wilkinson James J Private South African Infantry Corps 10th Regt. 1916-06-03
28346 Wilkinson James J Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-09-20
28348 Wilkinson William W Donkey Driver South African Native Labour Corps 1917-04-04
28349 Wilkinson William Wheatley W W Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 1943-12-13
28351 Wilkson Roy Vivian R V Warrant Officer Class II South African Air Force 34 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1945-03-05
28352 Will Allan Murray A M Sergeant Mounted Commandos Hanover-Colesberg Commando 1915-01-18
28353 Will Francis Gordon F G Lieutenant Mounted Commandos Hanover-Colesberg Commando 1915-01-18
28354 Will George Alexander G A Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-04-12
28355 Will Ian Gordon I G Captain South African Air Force 4 Squadron 1944-11-21
28356 Will James Adam J A Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-04-09
28360 Willem Samuel S Private South African Native Labour Corps 1917-11-04
28361 Willem Willie W Driver South African Native Labour Corps 1916-06-28
14744 Willemse Cornelius Josefus C J South African Army 1956-09-10
28362 Willemse Christian C Labourer South African Native Labour Corps Horse Reinforcements 1917-12-25
28363 Willemse Dennis D Sergeant South African Instructional Corps 1944-04-27
28364 Willemse Jacobus Casper J C Corporal General Service Corps 1942-07-31
28365 Willemse Johannes G J G Corporal South African Corps of Military Police 1945-07-11
28366 Willemse Mattheus M Private South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1918-10-26
28367 Willenberg Marthinus David M D Private Cape Corps 1945-03-13
28368 Willett Amos Alfred Sidney A A S Stoker 1st Class South African Navy H.M.S. Dorsetshire 1942-04-05
28369 Willett Richard R Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-08-01
28370 Willey David D Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-04-06
28371 Willey J H Gunner South African Artillery 1942-11-28
28372 William Ensilin E Leader South African Native Labour Corps 1917-04-11
28374 William John J Private South African Native Labour Corps 25th Bn. 1918-03-27