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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 3,693 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
11290 Johnson John Gilbert J G Private Technical Service Corps 4 Bde. Workshops 1942-12-01
11291 Johnson JOHN MacKENZIE J M Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-07-26
11292 Johnson James William J W Private Technical Service Corps 1943-07-26
11293 Johnson John William J W Private Technical Service Corps 1943-10-15
11294 Johnson Lawrence L Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-14
11295 Johnson Louis Bernard L B Corporal Q Service Corps 1945-02-24
11296 Johnson Leslie Herbert L H Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-14
11297 Johnson Lyall Ludwig Arthur L L A Gunner South African Artillery 3 Field Regt. 1941-11-23
11299 Johnson Mannie Daniel Stephen M D S Private Cape Corps 1944-08-09
11302 Johnson Nicholas William N W Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-11-11
11303 Johnson Oswald Percy O P Private South African Medical Corps 1918-12-05
11304 Johnson Peter P Private Indian and Malay Corps 1943-03-20
11305 Johnson Peter P Donkey Driver South African Native Labour Corps 1917-04-11
11307 Johnson P S Private Cape Corps 1941-06-11
11308 Johnson Richard R Labourer South African Native Labour Corps Transport and Remounts 1915-11-03
11309 Johnson Richard R Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-11-02
11311 Johnson Ronald Douglas R D Private Technical Service Corps 1943-08-25
11312 Johnson Reginald Forbes R F Gunner South African Artillery 1 Field Regt. 1942-05-02
11313 Johnson R H Lieutenant South African Air Force 41 Air School 1942-11-20
11314 Johnson Roy R R R Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force 24 Squadron 1944-03-06
11315 Johnson Samuel S Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-01-28
11316 Johnson September S Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-10-28
11317 Johnson Samuel Edwin S E Private South African Horse 4th 1917-06-30
11318 Johnson Thomas T Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st 1917-04-10
11320 Johnson William W Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-07-17
11321 Johnson Willie W Private South African Native Labour Corps 4th Bn. 1917-02-21
11323 Johnson Walter Benjamin Coote W B C Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-01-29
11324 Johnson William David W D Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-10-21
11325 Johnson William Edward W E Lance Corporal General and Base Depots Base Depot Coy. (Durban) 1917-12-24
11326 Johnson Walter Pierce W P Private South African Veteran Reserve 1915-04-20
11328 Johnson William Stonewall W S Burgher Mounted Commandos Geyser's Commando 1914-11-08
40995 Johnson Tom T Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 3rd Regt. 1915-04-29
41445 Johnson Ernest Spencer E S Staff Sergeant Cape Mounted Rifles "E" Squadron 1913-01-25
41695 Johnson Charles Wilhelmus C W Corporal Union Defence Forces H.q. 1957-08-10
11235 Johnsen George G Corporal Cape Corps 1st 1917-02-19
11230 Johns Bennett B Sergeant South African Medical Corps 1947-07-15
11231 Johns Erick E Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-07-15
11232 Johns Sydney Eustace S E Staff Sergeant South African Pay Corps 1918-04-14
11234 Johns Thomas Henry Eden T H E Private South African Infantry Corps 8th Regt. 1917-07-18
30882 Johns William Henry W H Air Corporal South African Air Force South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) 1922-03-13
11227 Johnason William Bell W B Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-04-21
11218 John Christopher Lawrence C L Corporal South African Indian Bearer Corps 1st 1917-05-12
11219 John Desmond D Lieutenant South African Air Force 12 Squadron 1944-12-29
11220 John Richard William Graham R W G Corporal Prince Alfred's Guard 1944-06-13
11216 Johl Bertholdt Ernst E B E E Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 1943-12-11
10786 Johannes Jackson J Donkey Driver Military Labour Corps 1917-04-09
11211 Johannes Abram A Lance Corporal Cape Corps 1942-12-31
11212 Johannes Esau E Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-16
11213 Johannes H Private Indian and Malay Corps 1944-06-22
11214 Johannes Jacobus J Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-13