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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 3,874 RSF — Rhodesian Security Forces 2,789 CDF — Ciskei Defence Force 8 SANDF — South African National Defence Force 1,041 SAP — South African Police 3,732 SAPS — South African Police Service 1,739 SWAPOL — South West African Police 159 AUS — Australian forces 167 UK — British forces 4,095 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
19523 Overgage George Edwin G E Lance Corporal 2nd South African Infantry "B" Coy. 1918-10-08
19522 Overed Martin M Captain 14 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1945-04-19
19521 Overbeek Gerhardus Johannes G J Captain South African Air Force (Corps) 1946-09-22
19520 Ovens James J Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 5th Regiment 1914-09-26
32415 Ovens Robert Blackstock R B Private Transvaal Scottish South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1922-03-10
19518 Outram Ernest White E W Company Sergeant Major 2nd South African Infantry "C" Coy. 1916-10-12
19516 Oughterson Hugh George H G Lieutenant 4th South African Infantry 1916-07-07
19515 Oues Cornelius C Private Cape Corps 1st 1916-12-06
41059 Oudbooi Peaha P Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Railways and Harbours 1915-10-17
19514 Otty William J (billy) W J Pupil Pilot South African Air Force (Corps) 1944-03-16
19504 Otto A J Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1942-08-30
19505 Otto Henry Vaughan H V Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st Bn. 1942-04-13
19506 Otto Jacob Daniel Theunis J D T Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment "D" Coy. 1944-09-17
19507 Otto John Murray J M Corporal Pretoria Regiment 1944-07-17
19508 Otto Nicolaas Jacobus N J Private Field Force Battalion 1st/2nd Bn. 1941-08-04
19509 Otto Phillipus Jurie Wynand P J W Lance Corporal Pretoria Regiment 1944-07-27
19510 Otto Peter Carel De Bruyn P C D B Lieutenant 15 Squadron 1944-02-20
19511 Otto Sabrand Johannes S J Trooper Protectorate Garrison Regiment 1918-10-08
19512 Otto Stephanus Jacobus Daniel S J D Private Central Army Training Depot 1943-06-18
19513 Otto Williams W Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1944-10-24
19501 Otten Edward E Private Natal Mounted Rifles 1st 1942-06-15
19497 Oswald Bertie Hales B H Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 2 Field Regiment 1942-05-28
19498 Oswald William W Second Lieutenant 21 Squadron 1943-11-03
19500 Oswald Walter Edward W E Private General Service Corps (Corps) 1944-03-16
19496 Ostevik Sverre Pedersen S P Second Lieutenant South African Air Force (Corps) 1943-04-19
19493 Osmond Charles Dacres Forbes C D F Major South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 1944-09-07
19494 Osmond Reuben Harding R H Lance Corporal 3rd South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1918-03-27
19489 Osler Denton George D G Warrant Officer Class I 15 Squadron 1944-01-04
19490 Osler Martin Jacobus Van Dyk M J V D Private South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1918-10-29
19491 Osler Stephen Herbert S H Corporal South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. 1941-11-23
19492 Osler T B Corporal Technical Service Corps (Corps) 1941-11-23
19488 Osia C Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1945-10-13
19485 Osendorp David D Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1944-03-19
19484 Oschmann Julius Hendrik J H Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-03-22
19476 Osborne Ernest William E W Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-04-10
19478 Osborne John J Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-01-18
19479 Osborne John William J W Driver South African Service Corps (Corps) Nyasaland 1917-07-06
19482 Osborne Larry Edward L E Sergeant South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1943-02-28
19475 Osborn Harry H Signaller South African Corps of Signals (Corps) South African Div. Signal Coy. 1916-10-27
19472 Orton Charles Percy C P Able Seaman South African Navy (Corps) H.M.S. Dorsetshire 1942-04-05
19473 Orton John Burgess J B Bombardier South African Artillery (Corps) 23 Medium Regiment 1944-08-03
19474 Orton Willie W Private 1st South African Infantry "E" Coy. 1918-07-21
19470 Ortman Karel K Lance Corporal Cape Corps 1944-04-18
19469 Ortlieb William Harry W H Private Q Service Corps (Corps) 10 Res. M.T. Coy. 1942-06-20
19468 Ortlepp Harold Arthur Roos H A R Second Lieutenant 43 Squadron 1942-01-23
19467 Ortell Basil Wilfred B W Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1944-06-27
19465 Orsmond Alfred N A N Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1941-11-23
19466 Orsmond Ernest E Private 2nd South African Infantry 1916-10-27
19458 Orr Hugh Rodney Eastwood H R E Corporal South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 46 Survey Coy. 1942-07-17
19459 Orr John J Private 3rd South African Infantry 1919-05-17