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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
22013 Rudolph Edward Francis Bennett E F B Lieutenant 1943-10-05
22015 Rudolph Siefried Victor S V Private 1st Regt. 1918-10-22
22010 Rudman Evelyn E Sapper South African Pioneers 1918-12-09
22008 Ruddock Arthur Edward A E Captain 1945-05-09
22009 Ruddock R N Captain 1945-01-05
22003 Ruddle Philip James P J Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-06-13
22004 Ruddle Cecil Henry Guy C H G Second Lieutenant Afu 1944-01-21
22005 Ruddle Frederick F Private 3rd Regt. 1916-07-17
22007 Ruddle Walter James W J Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. 1918-10-21
21997 Rudd Clarence C Private 2nd Regt. 1917-04-12
21998 Rudd Christian Tiberius C T Sapper 33 Works Coy. 1941-05-20
21999 Rudd Ernest Frederick E F Private 1st Regt. 1918-03-24
22000 Rudd Jack J Lieutenant Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1st 1941-02-22
22001 Rudd Johannes Lodewickus J L Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-06-09
21996 Ruck Joseph John J J Private 4th Regt. 1918-10-15
21993 Rubin Allan Bernard A B Private Transvaal Scottish 1941-12-09
21994 Rubin Jack J Private 9th Regt. 1916-07-16
21995 Rubin Norman N Private 1941-03-31
21990 Royston Garnet Hume Donovan G H D Private 4th Regt. 1918-10-27
21991 Royston William Alfred W A Private 2nd Regt. 1916-10-12
21986 Roycroft George Harold G H Private 1st Regt. 1918-10-30
21985 Royan James J Private 4th Regt. 1916-07-19
21982 Roy Gordon Allan G A Lieutenant 1 Sqdn. 1944-09-18
21983 Roy James J Lance Corporal 4th Regt. 1918-04-17
21984 Roy William W Private 7th Regt. 1917-07-19
21978 Rowson Samuel Haswell S H Lieutenant 26 Sqdn. 1944-03-04
21979 Rowson Thomas T Signaller South African Div. Signal Coy. 1918-08-23
21977 Rowse Harry Blackmore H B Private 1st Regt. 1917-10-17
21976 Rowley Reginald Thompson R T Private 7th Regt. 1916-02-12
21973 Rowles Harry Nelson H N Private 3rd Regt. 1918-09-12
21974 Rowles Samuel Christopher S C Private 4th Regt. 1917-09-20
21975 Rowles Thomas Estcourt T E Private 6th Regt. 1917-05-11
21971 Rowlands David Llewellyn D L Private South African Div. Signal Coy. 1916-10-30
21970 Rowland-Hall Sydney Cuthbert S C Air Corporal 1946-01-30
21968 Rowland Andrew A Private Transvaal Scottish 2nd Bn. 1941-12-09
21969 Rowland Geoffrey G Bombardier 1941-06-05
21955 Rowe Cecil C Lieutenant 146 Sqdn. 1943-03-08
21957 Rowe Dennis Douglas D D Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
21958 Rowe Fred William F W Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 5th Regt. 1915-08-20
21959 Rowe G P Lieutenant 24 Sqdn. 1944-03-06
21961 Rowe Ivan Valentine I V Lieutenant 26 Sqdn. 1944-02-03
21962 Rowe John Burnard J B Private 1st Regt. 1918-10-08
21963 Rowe Patrick William P W Sergeant Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-07-06
21964 Rowe Richard R Private 3rd Regt. 1918-11-09
21965 Rowe Rodney Joseph R J Lieutenant 185 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. 1944-09-18
21967 Rowe Walter Edmund W E Private 3rd Regt. 1916-07-16
21953 Rowcroft Albert Edward A E Captain 1946-04-02
21947 Rowan James J Private 1st Regt. 1918-01-12
21948 Rowan Joseph Terence J T Second Lieutenant 24 Sqdn. 1944-09-23
21949 Rowan Rowland William R W Lieutenant 4 Sqdn. 1944-05-14