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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
21950 Rowan S E Corporal 1943-06-25
21951 Rowan Trevor Aubrey T A Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1st Bn. 1941-07-12
21952 Rowan Walter W Private 9th Regt. 1916-05-11
21945 Roven Louis Charles L C Corporal Imperial Light Horse 1st 1946-01-28
21930 Roux Arthur David A D Private 1st Regt. 1917-09-20
21931 Roux Coenraad J C J Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1943-08-18
21932 Roux D J J Private 1942-08-18
21934 Roux Hans Jacob Beukes H J B Private 1945-04-01
21935 Roux Hendrik Lammert Johannes H L J Trooper 1945-09-28
21936 Roux J Lieutenant 41 Air School 1943-08-20
21937 Roux Joe J Private 1943-09-29
21938 Roux John C J C Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1943-10-29
21939 Roux Jacobus Marthinus J M Private 5th Regt. 1916-06-20
21940 Roux Louis Adriaan L A Sergeant 1941-12-09
21941 Roux Pieter Johannes Cornelius P J C Private 5th Regt. 1917-01-29
21942 Roux Petrus Theodorus Ernst P T E Air Mechanic 1941-11-28
21943 Roux Stephanus Gerhardus S G Private Field Force Battalion 1/2 1941-08-22
21929 Routledge John J Private 3rd Regt. 1916-02-26
21928 Roussouw Lodewyk L Mule Driver 1917-03-27
21927 Rousselle W J Pupil Pilot 45 Air School 1944-08-01
21926 Rousseau Willem Petrus W P Major Military Magistrate 1918-09-03
32748 Rousseau Daniel Petrus D P Second Lieutenant CFS Dunnottar 1957-08-02
21923 Rourke James J Company Sergeant Major 9th Regt. 1916-07-27
21922 Rounthwaite Richard Thomas R T Trooper Prince Alfred's Guard 1943-11-01
21921 Roulston Frederick Harold F H Lieutenant 21 Sqdn. 1941-11-15
41439 Roto Isaac Saki I S Native Constable South African Mounted Rifles 3rd Regt. 1914-08-13
21917 Rothkugel Max M Private 1st Regt. 1916-03-02
21916 Roth Andor A Captain 1946-01-25
21902 Rossouw A Private 1941-11-22
21903 Rossouw A Private 1942-02-16
21904 Rossouw Albert Bernard A B Private First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1945-04-16
21905 Rossouw Adam D A D Private 1944-08-14
21906 Rossouw Andre De Leeuw A D L Lieutenant 1 Sqdn. 1943-06-25
21907 Rossouw C V D W Staff Sergeant 1944-12-16
21908 Rossouw J Private 1947-08-16
21909 Rossouw Karl K Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
21910 Rossouw Louis Johannes L J Trooper 4th Armoured Car Regt. 1942-07-04
21913 Rossouw P A A Private Mounted Commandos Springbok Commando 1915-01-23
21914 Rossouw Petrus Johannes Louw P J L Sapper 1st Special Engineer Section 1918-12-18
21915 Rossouw T J Sapper 1945-12-18
21898 Rosser Ernest James E J Lance Corporal 1st Regt. 1916-10-18
21899 Rosser George Henry G H Private 2nd Regt. 1916-07-23
21897 Rosseinsky Leo L Lance Bombardier 1941-04-12
21855 Ross Alexander A Private 1944-07-29
21857 Ross Bert Walter B W Private Regiment De la Rey 1940-10-07
21858 Ross Cecil Keith C K Lieutenant 76 Operational Training Unit RAF 1945-03-29
21859 Ross Cornelius C Private 1942-06-22
21860 Ross Cecil Steward C S Private 1st Regt. 1916-07-14
21861 Ross Donald D Second Lieutenant 4th Regt. 1916-07-20
21863 Ross Donald James D J Air Sergeant 1941-08-13