Union Defence Force

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.

Wikipedia

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Regiment	Unit	Date of Death
22143	Sage	Edward	E	Sapper			1942-05-01
22141	Sagar	William	W	Air Sergeant		12 Sqdn.	1942-06-04
22137	Sadler	Gertrude Irene	G I	Senior Matron	South African Military Nursing Service		1945-10-04
22138	Sadler		J	Lieutenant		21 Sqdn.	1943-05-06
40877	Sadler	George Sydney	G S	Constable	South African Mounted Rifles	1st Regt.	1918-10-19
22134	Sadie	Coenraad Frans Cecil	C F C	Sapper		Field Park Coy.	1940-09-08
22135	Sadie		F H	Private	South African Intelligence Corps		1942-01-22
32780	Sadie	Nicolaas Andries	N A	Candidate Officer		Ysterplaat Flt	1956-11-15
22132	Sackville	John	J	Private		3rd Regt.	1916-07-08
22131	Sackstein	Solomon	S	Warrant Officer Class II		26 Sqdn.	1944-10-16
22129	Sacks	Barnie	B	Trooper	Mounted Commandos	Bloemhof Commando	1915-04-16
22130	Sacks	Israel Ivan	I I	Corporal	Royal Durban Light Infantry	1st Bn.	1941-12-17
22127	Sabisa	Norman	N	Private			1942-09-19
22124	Saayman	Barnardus	B	Sapper	South African Pioneers		1918-12-06
22125	Saayman	Lorraine	L	Lance Corporal	Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment		1944-09-16
22122	Saal		J	Private			1945-01-10
22120	Saaiman		J D	Sergeant			1943-10-27
22121	Saaiman	Joachin Petrus	J P	Private		11th Regt.	1916-12-21
17014	SITLANI or SITLARI	Johannes	J	Private		7th Coy.	1917-06-22
41078	SILOANE or SILWANE	Hendrik	H	Labourer		Railways and Harbours	1916-02-23
23073	SIGHOTIA or SIKHOTIA	Jameson	J	Labourer			1917-06-07
23068	SIFATA or SIFUTA	Joseph	J	Labourer			1917-03-20
22639	SEGATINE or SEGATLA	SAM or TOM	S or T	Labourer		Transport and Remounts	1915-07-03
41073	SEGADE or SEGADI	Soloman	S	Labourer		Railways and Harbours	1915-04-26
22509	SCOTSAMYANA or SOETSONYA	Lifu	L	Labourer		Railway Section	1917-01-03
22139	SAFANE or SAFANI	Klaas	K	Driver			1916-12-02
22118	Rynhoud	Douglas Haig Vaughan	D H V	Air Corporal		40 Sqdn.	1940-08-30
22119	Rynhoud	Fred Andrew	F A	Lance Corporal		2nd Regt.	1918-04-09
22117	Rylands	John	J	Sergeant		3rd Regt.	1917-04-11
22116	Ryland	Geoffrey Henry	G H	Lieutenant		15 Sqdn.	1945-03-07
22114	Ryder	John	J	Private		1st Regt.	1916-07-18
22115	Ryder	Robert Francis	R F	Sergeant		2nd Regt.	1916-07-15
22113	Rydar	Henry Richard	H R	Private			1919-04-14
22108	Ryan	Charles Anthony	C A	Flight Sergeant		60 Sqdn.	1942-05-08
22109	Ryan	Edmund Cyril	E C	Private			1946-01-03
22111	Ryan		P	Trooper		3rd Reconnaissance Bn.	1942-09-14
22107	Ryall	David Richmond	D R	Able Seaman		H.M.S.A.S. Southern Floe	1941-02-11
22106	Rwairwai	Jerry	J	Private		5th Bn.	1917-02-21
22104	Ruziecki	Edward	E	Flight Sergeant		72 Operational Training Unit RAF	1943-03-15
22102	Rutkin	Sam	S	Lieutenant		24 Sqdn.	1944-03-06
22097	Rutherford	Andrew William	A W	Lance Corporal		3rd Regt.	1918-01-09
22099	Rutherford		W B	Lance Corporal	Field Force Battalion		1942-10-24
22100	Rutherford	Walter King	W K	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-05-15
22101	Rutherford	William Thomson	W T	Private		2nd Regt.	1917-04-12
22095	Ruthenberg		E V	Air Mechanic			1947-01-13
22094	Ruthel	August	A	Corporal		1st Regt.	1917-09-20
22092	Rustin	Christian	C	Private			1942-06-20
22089	Rust		E E	Private	Rand Light Infantry	1st	1941-12-31
22090	Rust	George Edward	G E	2nd Corporal			1919-06-14
22091	Rust	Izak Cornelius	I C	Corporal		1st Regt.	1918-03-24