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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
28547 Willis John J Sergeant South African Horse 3rd 1916-05-22
28549 Willis Jack Zeeman J Z Sergeant South African Medical Corps 1945-09-23
28550 Willis Leslie L Lance Corporal South African Corps of Signals 1945-07-03
28551 Willis Philip P Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 1918-08-18
28552 Willis Reginald Newton R N Private South African Infantry Corps 8th Regt. 1917-07-26
28553 Willis T H Corporal First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1944-07-22
28554 Willis William W Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1919-03-14
28555 Willmers Anthony A Corporal Q Service Corps 1942-05-30
28558 Willoughby William W Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-08
28559 Willows William Bruorton W B Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-03-29
28560 Willox George Martin G M Lieutenant Military Labour Corps 1918-12-08
28562 Willshire Frank F Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-19
28563 Willson Charles Bryant C B Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 1 Squadron 1941-12-07
28565 Willson Gerald Francis G F Stoker 2nd Class South African Navy H.M.S. Cornwall 1942-04-05
28566 Willson Hugh Ernest H E Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-10-25
28567 Willson William Edward W E Company Sergeant Major South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-07-18
28568 Wilmot Christopher John C J Private Q Service Corps 1943-06-26
28569 Wilmot John Graham Hunter J G H Lieutenant South African Air Force 2 Squadron 1942-10-29
28571 Wilskut H Private Indian and Malay Corps 1946-08-12
28573 Wilson Abraham A Private South African Native Labour Corps 1945-05-04
28574 Wilson Alfred A Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-12
28575 Wilson Andrew A Private South African Railway Services 1915-12-30
28576 Wilson Andrew A Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-10-18
28578 Wilson A C Sergeant South African Engineer Corps 8 Field Squadron 1944-07-20
28579 Wilson Alfred George A G Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-04-17
28580 Wilson Arthur John A J Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-24
28581 Wilson Alexander Lister A L Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-28
28582 Wilson Alexander Malloch A M Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-18
28583 Wilson Aden Theodore A T Private South African Infantry Corps 7th Regt. 1916-06-08
28584 Wilson Andrew Thomas A T Corporal South African Engineer Corps 1944-11-11
28585 Wilson Alexander Thomas Chipps A T C Corporal South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-22
28588 Wilson Baden Robert B R Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-18
28589 Wilson Clarence C Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-04-12
28590 Wilson Claud C Captain South African Intelligence Corps 1945-05-20
28591 Wilson Charles Alax C A Lieutenant South African Air Force 72 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-10-02
28593 Wilson Charles Herbert C H Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-09-20
28594 Wilson Charles Samuel C S Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-06-24
28595 Wilson Charles W C W Private South African Medical Corps 1943-01-06
28596 Wilson Demanje D Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-07
28597 Wilson David Alexander D A Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-07-10
28598 Wilson David Jeffery D J Lieutenant Prince Alfred's Guard "A" Squadron 1945-04-22
28601 Wilson Douglas Raywood D R Gunner South African Field Artillery 1918-10-31
28602 Wilson Edward E Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-05-02
28603 Wilson Edward E Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1916-08-15
28604 Wilson Edmund Fitzgerald Bannatyne E F B Major South African Medical Corps 1st S.A. Gen. Hosp. 1917-08-17
28605 Wilson George G Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1939-12-30
28606 Wilson George G Sergeant South African Artillery 3 Field Regt. 1941-11-21
28607 Wilson George G Private Central Army Training Depot 1943-07-20
28608 Wilson Godfrey Balwin G B Lieutenant South African Engineer Corps 1944-05-16
28609 Wilson George Cameron G C Private South African Medical Corps 3rd Field Ambulance 1916-12-24