Union Defence Force

UDF 1912-07-01 – 1957-10-31 22,701 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
22410	Schoeler	Victor Paul	V P	Sergeant			1944-05-08
22402	Schneider	Aaron Wolf	A W	Private	1st Reserve Brigade	8th Bn.	1945-03-03
22403	Schneider	James Harry William Lewis	J H W L	Private		2nd Regt.	1917-12-21
22404	Schneider	Louis	L	Private	Imperial Light Horse	1st	1941-12-31
22405	Schneider	Norman F (jack)	N F	Warrant Officer Class II			1944-11-17
22407	Schneider	Solomon	S	Lieutenant		1 Sqdn.	1944-11-07
22392	Schmidt	Alfred Ernest	A E	Private		1st Regt.	1918-10-19
22393	Schmidt		B R C	Sergeant			1945-10-16
22395	Schmidt	Johan Diederick	J D	Flight Sergeant			1947-06-27
22396	Schmidt	Peter	P	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-08-13
22397	Schmidt	Tommy Johannes	T J	Sapper		25 Road Constr. Coy.	1944-06-26
22398	Schmidt	Vernon Gerald	V G	Lance Corporal	Imperial Light Horse	1st	1943-12-08
22399	Schmidt	William August	W A	Private		8th Regt.	1917-02-07
22391	Schmelzer	Richard James	R J	Driver		M.t.	1918-12-12
22390	Schluter	Carl Hendrik	C H	Private	Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles	1st	1941-10-31
22389	Schlihsman	John James Douglas	J J D	Private		2nd Regt.	1917-09-21
22388	Schlenkrick	Herman Robert	H R	Rifleman	South African Mounted Rifles	2nd Regt.	1915-01-29
22387	Schleiss	Alfred David	A D	Private	South African Irish	1st Bn.	1941-02-02
22384	Schilder		R D	Leading Seaman		H.M.S.A.S. St. Helena	1945-12-02
22383	Schild	Beverley W	B W	Lieutenant		208 (R.A.F.) Sqdn	1942-02-02
22381	Schiffers		P M	Private			1943-06-30
22380	Schiel	Karl Peter	K P	Air Sergeant		43 Sqdn.	1942-01-22
22379	Scheuble	Joseph Bell Napier	J B N	Sergeant	South African Horse	2nd	1916-09-04
22377	Scherer	Erich Richard	E R	Lieutenant			1944-02-04
22376	Schenknecht	Heinrich	H	Private		8th Regt.	1917-07-19
22375	Schenk	Edward Ernest	E E	Lance Bombardier		1 Field Regt.	1942-04-12
22374	Schempers	Barend Stephanus	B S	Major		1 Air Depot	1941-11-03
22373	Scheinberg	Harry	H	Corporal			1944-09-25
22351	Scheepers	Arie Gerhardus	A G	Private			1943-01-24
22352	Scheepers	Adolf Johannes De La Rey	A J D L R	Signaller			1945-05-20
22353	Scheepers	Barend Sebastian	B S	Private	Reserve Brigade	9th Bn.	1945-09-28
22355	Scheepers		F	Private			1941-12-07
22357	Scheepers	Fredrick Johannes	F J	Pupil Pilot		27 Air School	1942-09-10
22358	Scheepers	Frederik Johannes Jacobus	F J J	Sergeant	Mounted Commandos	Waterberg Commando	1914-11-20
22359	Scheepers	George Murray	G M	Corporal	Royal Natal Carbineers	1st	1947-06-10
22360	Scheepers	Hendrik Petrus	H P	Corporal			1941-12-26
22362	Scheepers	Johannes Christoffel	J C	Captain		1st Regt.	1918-07-20
22363	Scheepers	Jurgens Johannes	J J	Private			1918-10-19
22365	Scheepers	Maarten	M	Native Driver	South African Mounted Rifles	1st Permanent Bty.	1914-09-26
22366	Scheepers	Martinus Frederick	M F	Private			1943-09-21
22367	Scheepers	Marthinus Johannes	M J	Private			1945-05-10
22368	Scheepers	Nicolaas Gerhardus Cornelius	N G C	Private	Umvoti Mounted Rifles		1944-04-16
22369	Scheepers		S	Private			1941-12-09
22371	Scheepers	Willie	W	Private			1945-03-25
22905	Scheepers	Marthinus Esaias	M E	Trooper	Mounted Commandos	A Commando	1914-11-20
22350	Scharneck		J	Private			1941-12-09
22349	Schalkwyk	Gert	G	Private			1945-02-10
22345	Schafer	Charles William	C W	Private		1st Regt.	1916-07-14
22346	Schafer	Gotlieb F	G F	Private			1944-06-12
22344	Schadwell	Ronald Mark	R M	Lieutenant		26 Sqdn.	1943-11-07