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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) 60 UDF — Union Defence Force 24,793 SADF — South African Defence Force 3,692 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 985 SAP — South African Police 3,730 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 158 AUS — Australian forces 164 UK — British forces 4,055 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 24,793 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
21242 Reed Ernest Albert E A Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-05-27
21243 Reed E J Private Cape Corps 1942-02-17
21244 Reed Francis John F J Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 15 Squadron 1942-05-04
21245 Reed George J G J Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1943-07-08
21246 Reed Graydon Reuben G R Private Regiment President Steyn 1941-11-23
21247 Reed Marks M Private Cape Corps 1945-05-11
21234 Redwood Charles Huntley C H Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-24
21235 Redwood Douglas John D J Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-13
21233 Redpath Lionel L Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-15
21228 Redman Arthur Ernest A E Captain General Service Corps 1944-01-25
21229 Redman Geoffrey G Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-02-26
21231 Redman Roland Aylmer R A Leading Stoker South African Navy H.M.S. Dorsetshire 1942-04-05
21227 Redlinghuys Peter P Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-09
21223 Redelinghuys G F J Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1945-11-10
21221 Reddy G D Private Indian and Malay Corps 1941-05-15
21222 Reddy S Private Indian and Malay Corps 1940-10-03
21220 Redding John Patrick J P Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-09-20
21219 Rector Martin M Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-10-13
21218 Rechenberg Julius J Corporal South African Infantry Corps 6th Regt. 1920-08-27
21216 Readett Robinson Henry R H Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-15
21209 Read Albert Everard A E Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 10th Regt. 1919-09-08
21211 Read Grey Alexander G A Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-07-26
21212 Read Henry Avory H A Air Sergeant South African Air Force 24 Squadron 1941-08-05
21213 Read James J Lieutenant Field Force Brigade 1st Bn. 1940-03-22
21214 Read Richard St. Elmo R S E Corporal Q Service Corps 1944-11-16
21215 Read Thomas Jaffray T J Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-08-01
21207 Rea George C. G C Private Transvaal Scottish 3rd Bn. 1941-12-07
21208 Rea William James W J Air Mechanic South African Air Force 1941-06-30
21206 Raynor Patrick Thomas P T Lance Corporal South African Irish 1st 1941-11-23
21201 Rayner John Sherlock J S Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-16
21203 Rayner Robert Henry R H Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-18
21199 Raynard Henry James H J Private First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1945-04-16
21198 Raynal Louis Roger L R Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-10
21197 Rayment Ernest Edward Stacey E E S Corporal Technical Service Corps 1942-07-16
21196 Ray-Howett George G Lieutenant South African Air Force 34 Squadron 1944-10-16
21194 Ray Harry Ewart H E Private South African Medical Corps 4th Field Ambulance 1918-07-11
21189 Rawson Henry Grey Forbes H G F Corporal South African Armoured Corps 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. 1942-02-27
21185 Rawlinson Clive Francis Methley C F M Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1943-06-04
21187 Rawlinson John J Private Cape Corps 1945-03-17
21184 Rawlins Frank F Major Q Service Corps 1942-12-19
21183 Rawer Joseph J Private Returned Soldiers' Battalion Returned Soldiers' Bn. 1920-10-13
21180 Raw Jack J J J Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 23 Air School 1943-12-14
21181 Raw P G Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 25 Air School 1942-03-02
21178 Ravenscroft James John J J Private South African Railway Services 1918-10-26
21179 Ravenscroft William King W K Private Transvaal Scottish 2nd Bn. 1942-01-11
21177 Ravens Albert Edward A E Able Seaman South African Navy H.M.S.A.S. Bluff 1944-03-31
21173 Rautenbach Abraham A Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-15
21174 Rautenbach Ignatius Michael I M Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 2nd Regt. 1915-10-30
21175 Rautenbach James Jackson J J Private South African Horse 2nd 1916-05-08
21176 Rautenbach Willem Diederick W D Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-08-01