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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
7525 Francis Charlie C Driver South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-08-20
7526 Francis David D Private Cape Corps 1st 1916-05-27
7528 Francis Derek Aubrey Weston D A W Warrant Officer Class II 31 Squadron 1944-10-13
7531 Francis Harold Clifford H C Lieutenant 15 Squadron 1942-10-26
7532 Francis Ivor I Lance Corporal 3rd South African Infantry 1917-01-13
7533 Francis J Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1942-12-30
7534 Francis J Air Pupil South African Air Force (Corps) 1943-04-24
7535 Francis John J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) EA Transport 1918-01-22
7536 Francis John Leslie J L Second Lieutenant 2nd South African Infantry 1918-10-26
7537 Francis Joseph Worral J W Private 12th South African Infantry "A" Coy. 1916-03-08
7538 Francis Neville Harcourt N H Private 1st South African Infantry Trench Mortar Bty. 1917-12-16
7539 Francis Roland R Lance Corporal 4th South African Infantry 1918-03-24
7540 Francis Thomas Henry T H Sergeant Major South African Horse 6th 1916-08-28
7541 Francis Vincent J V J Private Rand Light Infantry 1st 1942-07-25
7543 Francis W Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1945-06-03
7544 Francis William W Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regiment 1914-12-23
7522 Franci Reuben R Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 5th Bn. 1917-02-21
7521 France Harry H Driver South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-04-06
7518 Frames Harold Ross H R Trooper Mounted Commandos Enslin's Horse 1914-11-16
7516 Frame David Ewart D E Private 4th South African Infantry 1917-04-09
7517 Frame Jack J Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
7515 Fradd Horace Lyle H L Major Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) 1946-08-25
7514 Foye Boksburg B Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1916-09-06
7507 Foxcroft Ernest Edward Noel E E N Bombardier South African Artillery (Corps) 2 Field Regiment 1942-07-18
7508 Foxcroft Gilbert Benjamin G B Sergeant General Service Corps (Corps) 1944-09-18
7509 Foxcroft Reaford Samuel R S Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-03-24
7510 Foxcroft Thomas Henry T H Lance Corporal 1st South African Infantry 1916-07-14
7511 Foxcroft Walter Arthur W A Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-03-24
7512 Fox-Ellis Warwick W Private 2nd South African Infantry 1917-12-25
7494 Fox Arthur Ernest A E Private First City/Cape Town Highlanders 1944-10-13
7495 Fox Arthur James A J Lance Corporal 1st South African Infantry 1918-03-23
7497 Fox Ernest E Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-10-08
7499 Fox George Bartlett G B Corporal Natal Mounted Rifles 1944-06-11
7500 Fox Herbert William H W Lance Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 5th Regiment 1919-01-21
7501 Fox John J Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
7505 Fox R T Staff Sergeant Q Service Corps (Corps) 1947-12-16
7491 Fowles John Lawrence J L Private Transvaal Scottish 1/3rd Bn. 1942-07-06
7492 Fowles Maxwell James Charles M J C Trooper Pretoria Regiment 1944-08-02
7486 Fowler Adam Morthimus A M Air Sergeant 12 Squadron 1941-07-17
7487 Fowler Sydney Edmonds S E Private 8th South African Infantry 1918-10-13
7488 Fowler George G Private 8th South African Infantry 1916-03-22
7489 Fowler Michael Hugh M H Major 21 Squadron 1941-12-12
7490 Fowler Wallace Stanley W S Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 1 Field Regiment 1944-01-28
7484 Fowle Clarence Robert C R Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-09-20
7482 Fowlds Edward Arthur E A Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-04-12
7483 Fowlds John Sidney J S Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1947-04-26
7435 Fourie Adam A Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-29
7436 Fourie Abraham Hendrik A H Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 1944-06-10
7437 Fourie Adriaan Johannes A J Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1943-08-18
7438 Fourie Abraham Jacobus A J Private South African Infantry Corps (Corps) 3rd Brigade 1918-06-28