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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) 405 UDF — Union Defence Force 24,809 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,867 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 1,040 SAP — South African Police 3,732 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 159 AUS — Australian forces 164 UK — British forces 4,066 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 24,809 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
5929 Douglas Colin Stanley C S Pupil Pilot South African Air Force (Corps) 1945-03-23
5930 Douglas Donald Gordon D G Lance Sergeant 4th South African Infantry 1917-09-20
5931 Douglas Donald Thomas D T Private 4th South African Infantry 1917-04-09
5932 Douglas Francis F Second Lieutenant 4th South African Infantry 1918-07-19
5933 Douglas George Blankenburg G B Sergeant South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1941-11-09
5936 Douglas James J Sapper South African Pioneers 1918-07-26
5937 Douglas John J Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-10-19
5938 Douglas Robert R Private 3rd South African Infantry 1916-08-01
5939 Douglas Robert Hiper R H Private Cape Corps H.Q. Rly. Constr. Coy. 1944-05-27
5940 Douglas Roderick Swift R S Lieutenant 27 Squadron 1945-04-17
5941 Douglas Richard William Frederick R W F Captain South African Artillery (Corps) 1944-10-06
5942 Douglas William MacGregor W Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-03-21
5943 Douglas William Archibald W A Corporal South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1944-10-23
5944 Douglas William Robson W R Corporal Technical Service Corps (Corps) 1944-10-21
5946 Douglass Lenard Walter L W Lieutenant 55 Squadron 1945-01-21
5947 Dourie Abraham Hendrick A H Private Cape Corps 1944-11-18
5948 Douries D Private Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) 1947-11-02
5949 Dove Eric Irvine E I Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1942-06-07
30110 Doveton Gordon Derrick G D Lieutenant 2 Squadron 1951-02-15
5950 Dovey Clifford C Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1st 1942-07-20
5951 Dow Robert Alexander R A Sergeant 4th South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1917-09-20
5952 Dowdall Gordon G Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1944-06-27
5954 Dowie Arthur Allan A A Air Mechanic South African Air Force (Corps) 1943-04-30
5956 Dowler Arthur Edward A E Private 7th South African Infantry 1920-12-12
5957 Dowling Anthony Terrance A T Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-10-10
5958 Dowling John J Captain South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1918-10-19
5959 Dowling Michael M Sergeant 2nd South African Infantry 1918-10-14
5960 Dowling Peter Charles Broughill P C B Sergeant South African Corps of Signals (Corps) 1944-02-04
5961 Dowling Walter W Corporal 1st South African Infantry 1918-03-24
5962 Down William Frederick W F Acting Bombardier South African Heavy Artillery 125th Siege Bty. 1917-04-04
5963 Downes Thomas Richard T R Sergeant Technical Service Corps (Corps) 7 Mobile Field Workshops 1941-06-21
5964 Downey Thomas Arthur T A Private 1st South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1916-07-18
30111 Downie John Roberts J R 8th South African Infantry Army 1922-12-08
5966 Downing Harold H Private 3rd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-10-11
5967 Downing Norman Oscar N O Sergeant 8th Mounted Rifles (Midlandse Ruiters) "C" Squadron 1915-01-18
5968 Downing Samuel Joseph S J Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1945-04-19
5969 Dowry Adam A Driver South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-03-26
5970 Dowse Edward George E G Sapper South African Corps of Signals (Corps) South African Div. Signal Coy. 1918-10-20
5971 Dowse John Johannes J J Private 3rd South African Infantry 1917-12-12
5972 Dowthwaite Robert R Corporal 2nd South African Infantry 1917-04-12
5975 Doyle Bryan Crosley B C Corporal South African Irish 1st Bn. 1941-11-23
5976 Doyle Cornie C Private Transvaal Scottish 1942-10-24
5978 Doyle Douglas Dennis D D Private 1st South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-07-18
5979 Doyle Edward John E J Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-04-12
5980 Doyle Frank Andrew F A Private First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1946-01-07
5982 Doyle James Joseph J J Private 4th South African Infantry 1917-09-21
5983 Doyle John Kelly J K Private 2nd South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1916-07-09
5984 Doyle Neville N Corporal 1st South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-07-16
30115 Doyle Warsley Robert Christopher W R C Lieutenant South African Air Force (Corps) Air Operations School Langebaanweg 1952-01-25
5986 Draai N Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1947-10-16