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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
28731 Witt Hubert Roper H R Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-04-04
28732 Witt Norman Walter N W Lieutenant South African Air Force 70 Operational Training Unit 1944-07-04
28733 Witten William W Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-18
28734 Wittenberg Cyril Harold C H Trooper South African Armoured Corps 4th Armoured Car Regt. 1942-02-14
28735 Wittenberg Ronald Albert R A Lieutenant South African Air Force 34 Squadron 1944-11-22
28736 Wittstock Raymond Harold R H Signaller South African Corps of Signals 5th Bde. Sigs. Coy. 1943-05-28
28737 Wium Coenraad Johannes C J Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1941-05-10
28738 Wocke Eugene Henry E H Lieutenant South African Artillery 22 Field Regt. 1944-09-03
28739 Woensdregt Willem Jacobus W J Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 16 Squadron 1942-03-29
28740 Wohlo Loyt L Private South African Native Labour Corps 1943-01-12
28741 Wolbarst Samuel S Private South African Infantry Corps 6th Regt. 1917-02-25
28742 Woldemar Leopold David L D Private Rand Light Infantry 1st 1942-01-02
28743 Wolfaardt Cecil Charles C C Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-12-29
28744 Wolfaardt Cornelius J F C J F Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st Bn. 1944-10-10
28745 Wolfaardt Josephine (joyce) J Sergeant Women's Auxiliary Army Services 1945-07-07
28746 Wolfaardt Pieter P Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-18
28748 Wolfe William Cooper W C Captain South African Reserve Mechanical Transport 1941-01-07
28749 Wolff Edward Mervin E M Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-07-27
28750 Wolhuter William J W J Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-04-17
28751 Wolmarans Frederick Edwin F E Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force 15 Squadron 1944-01-04
28752 Wolmarans Frederick Gerhardus F G Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-12-30
28753 Wolmarans J Private Cape Corps 1947-04-04
28754 Wolmarans John Ronald Frank J R F Private Transvaal Scottish 1st Bn. 1942-10-24
28755 Wolmarans Joseph Willem J W Lieutenant South African Air Force 23 Squadron 1942-10-02
28756 Wolseley Ronald Wilkinson R W Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 1st Bn. 1945-04-19
28757 Wolvaardt Alphonsus Christoffel A C Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-10-17
28758 Womack William John W J Sergeant South African Engineer Corps No. 3 Armoured Train 1915-03-21
28759 Wongana Joseph J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1915-07-11
28761 Wood Cecil Arthur C A Corporal South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-07-06
28764 Wood Douglas D Staff Sergeant Q Service Corps 1941-07-03
28766 Wood Ernest E Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-18
28768 Wood H E Private Q Service Corps 1946-10-09
28769 Wood Henry Evelyn H E Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-10-12
28771 Wood Herbert Talbot H T Private 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) 1917-05-23
28772 Wood Herbert Walter James H W J Private South African Infantry Corps 11th Regt. 1916-07-02
28773 Wood James J Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-05-05
28774 Wood John Buckley J B Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-15
28777 Wood John Henry J H Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-10-12
28778 Wood John William J W Corporal South African Medical Corps 4th Field Ambulance 1917-12-19
28779 Wood John William J W Private South African Infantry Corps Depot 1919-04-13
28780 Wood Kenneth John K J Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1947-11-09
28781 Wood Loxley Delville L D Lieutenant South African Air Force 2 Squadron 1941-12-02
28782 Wood Mark M Private South African Medical Corps 1st Field Amb. 1914-12-28
28783 Wood Maurice Jasper M J Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-12-05
28785 Wood R A Corporal Q Service Corps 1940-11-04
28786 Wood Robert Alexander R A Lieutenant South African Instructional Corps 1942-07-18
28787 Wood Robert Bruce R B Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-04-17
28788 Wood Robert William R W Gunner South African Artillery 1940-10-20
28789 Wood Walter W Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-24
28790 Wood Wilfred Dudley W D Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 71 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-01-09