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Union Defence Force

South African and related defence-force eras recorded on the roll. Police, Boer, and most foreign forces are left blank on a person record unless a catalogued Force is set (e.g. RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces).

COLONIAL — Colonial forces (pre-Union) 0 UDF — Union Defence Force 22,717 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,385 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 1,257 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 922 SAP — South African Police 1
UDF 1912-07-01 – 1957-10-31 22,717 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
3316 Campbell JOHN JAMES MacDONALD J J M Able Seaman H.M.S. Afrikander 1945-10-28
3317 Campbell Lindsay L Captain 1920-06-21
3318 Campbell Matthew Brown M B Private 4th Regt. 1917-04-12
3321 Campbell Norman Sanderson N S Lieutenant 44 Sqdn. 1944-12-13
3322 Campbell Richard John R J Private 1st South African Hospital 1918-12-01
3323 Campbell Roy Martin R M Able Seaman H.M.S. Neptune 1941-12-19
3324 Campbell Stephen S Private 4th Regt. 1918-10-08
3328 Campbell William David W D Private 1941-02-04
3329 Campbell William Neil W N Captain 1941-07-26
3331 Campbell-Young John J Captain 1943-12-07
3332 Campher Frans Hendrik F H Trooper Mounted Commandos Wolmaransstad Commando 1915-03-20
3333 Camphor Cornealus C Private 1946-02-24
3334 Camphor Frank N F N Private 1945-09-27
3335 Camphor Henry H Driver 1917-05-15
3336 Campion Alan Hains A H Private 4th Regt. 1917-05-09
3338 Campkin Victor Christmas V C Private 2nd Regt. 1917-09-23
3339 Canarick Charles C Private 8th Regt. 1917-07-19
3340 Canca Joseph J Driver 1917-08-14
3341 Cane Thomas Henry T H Private Witwatersrand 1944-07-21
3342 Canham Charles Henry C H Lance Corporal 5th S.A. Bde. Sig. Coy. 1942-10-23
3344 Capel Howard Godfrey H G Private 3rd Regt. 1916-07-19
3347 Capper Wilfred Franklin W F Private 1st Regt. 1916-07-17
3348 Capstick Joseph William J W Captain 34 Sqdn. 1944-09-10
3349 Capstick-Dale Stanley Hall Elphinstone S H E Second Lieutenant 1944-07-24
3350 Cara Ralph Stephen R S Sapper 25 Road Constr. Coy. 1945-08-28
3351 Carapata Charles Victor Francis C V F Private 1st Regt. 1916-02-25
3352 Carbarns Alexander A Flight Sergeant 21 Sqdn. 1943-07-08
3354 Carcenac Edouard E Gunner 1944-04-14
3355 Card Desmond Lay D L Corporal 1945-10-14
3356 Cardale James J Labourer 1918-08-12
3358 Carder Charles Alfred C A Lance Sergeant 1st Regt. 1918-10-20
3360 Cardno Lyall Tilney L T Sergeant 4th Regt. 1918-06-17
3361 Cardwell Howard Elliott H E Private 1st Regt. 1919-05-03
3362 Carels Abraham A Private 1918-09-14
3364 Carelse Frederick J F J Able Seaman H.M.S.A.S. Bonaventure 1942-09-29
3365 Carelsen George Johannes G J Corporal 1941-11-22
3366 Carelson Charles Frederick Andries C F A Gunner 1 Field Regt. 1942-07-15
3368 Carey Jack Gregory J G Private 1 Ltc 1941-03-15
29692 Carey-Thomas William Warren W W Captain 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1922-03-10
3371 Carine Frederick Raby F R Sergeant 3 Field Regt. 1940-03-27
3373 Carl Charles C Corporal 1st Reserve Brigade 1945-02-20
3375 Carlisle Arthur Dowley A D Lance Corporal 1st Regt. 1916-07-16
3376 Carlisle Denis Henry Benedict D H B Lieutenant H.M.S. Daedalus 1942-06-07
3377 Carlisle John Philip J P Lieutenant 21 Sqdn. 1943-04-14
3378 Carlisle John Sloan J S Sergeant 3rd Regt. 1918-02-04
3380 Carlse Nicholas N Labourer 1917-04-23
3381 Carlse Solomon S Labourer 1917-04-15
3382 Carlson Alan Ebenezer A E Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 1st Bn. 1941-12-16
3383 Carlson Pieter Gideon P G Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-18
3384 Carlsson Victor C V C Private 2nd Regt. 1918-10-09