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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 3,870 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
21309 Reinecke Phillip Christoffel P C Staff Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry 1945-06-06
21310 Reinecke Pitrus Jacobus Linds P J L Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1st 1941-11-17
32658 Reinecke Vivian V Air Mechanic 17 Squadron 1953-08-18
21307 Reim M F Lieutenant 4 Squadron 1945-03-03
21303 Reilly J Lance Corporal South African Irish 1st 1945-04-03
21306 Reilly Thomas Michael Anthony T M A Lieutenant South African Air Force (Corps) 72 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-06-29
21269 Reid Albert Ernest A E Private 2nd South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1916-07-09
21271 Reid C F Corporal South African Corps of Military Police (Corps) 1945-10-16
21272 Reid Daniel D Corporal South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Native Carrier Transport 1919-12-08
21273 Reid David D Private 3rd South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-07-16
21275 Reid Edward William E W Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-03-21
21276 Reid Ernest William John E W J Air Mechanic 66 Air School 1941-12-09
21277 Reid Frank Victor Wallace F V W Sergeant 3rd South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-07-19
21279 Reid George Stirrit G S Private 8th Infantry (Transvaal Scottish) 1st Bn. 1915-04-26
21281 Reid H D Lieutenant 21 Squadron 1941-11-18
21283 Reid John J South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-07-07
21285 Reid John Duckworth J D Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-04-10
21286 Reid John Gordon Wallace J G W Private Transvaal Scottish 1st Bn. 1941-01-28
21287 Reid James Reynard J R Signaller South African Corps of Signals (Corps) South African Div. Signal Coy. 1918-05-04
21288 Reid J W Signaller South African Corps of Signals (Corps) 1944-08-27
21289 Reid James Walter J W Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 1944-10-13
21290 Reid Kenneth Herschel K H Signalman South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S.A.S. Treern 1945-01-12
21291 Reid Matthew M Private 12th South African Infantry 1916-05-09
21292 Reid Marshall Graham Hugh M G H Trooper Natal Mounted Rifles 1944-07-01
21293 Reid Richard Gordon R G Sergeant South African Veteran Reserve 1919-01-14
21295 Reid Thomas Bowes T B Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-03-24
21296 Reid Thomas Frederick John T F J Private 2nd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-07-18
21297 Reid Thomas William T W Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-09-20
21298 Reid W Private South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1941-08-24
21299 Reid William W Private South African Army Postal Corps (Corps) 1944-08-19
21300 Reid William W Private 2nd South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1916-07-18
21302 Reid William Mitchell W M Private 4th South African Infantry 1917-01-03
21268 Rehr Cecil Herbert C H Able Seaman South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S.A.S. Goede Hoop 1942-09-25
21267 Rehmann Heinrich Diedrich H D 2nd Class Sergeant South African Mounted Rifles 3rd Regiment 1916-03-23
21264 Reeves C Private Protectorate Garrison Regiment 1917-09-05
21265 Reeves Michael Bridgland M B Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-12-15
21266 Reeve-Walker Anthony Alfred Ernest A A E Lieutenant South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 1947-12-31
21262 Reeve K W Private Transvaal Scottish 3rd Bn. 1941-12-09
21263 Reeve Ralph Ronald R R Private Q Service Corps (Corps) 1942-09-12
21260 Reeson Frederick Robert John F R J Captain South African Air Force (Corps) 1945-06-18
21250 Rees Bertram Thomas B T Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-03-24
21251 Rees Donald Bowen D B Private Transvaal Scottish 3rd Bn. 1941-11-23
21252 Rees Edgar Arthur E A Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-09-20
21253 Rees Edward Frank E F Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1942-05-10
21254 Rees Elwyn Joshua William E J W Lieutenant South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. 1941-08-31
21255 Rees Frank Gordon F G Lieutenant 60 Squadron 1944-09-03
21257 Rees Henry Gilbert H G Private 4th South African Infantry 1918-10-17
21259 Rees T D Sergeant General Service Corps (Corps) 1943-08-14
21249 Reentjes Abraham A Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-11-08
21248 Reenes Jan J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1944-02-21