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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
7176 Fish William James Fredrick W J F Private South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1916-06-20
7167 Fischer Christian Ludwig C L Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-10-18
7169 Fischer Jacobus George J G Lieutenant South African Air Force 33 Squadron 1940-12-09
7171 Fischer William Thomas W T Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1942-07-06
7165 Firth John Henry Ackroyd J H A Sergeant South African Service Corps Supplies 1918-10-10
7163 Firmani Omberto A O A Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 1st Bn. 1941-12-16
7160 Finnie Maxwell Lyle Davidson M L D Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps 4 Field Coy. 1942-08-19
7154 Finlayson Alexander A Private 8th Infantry (Transvaal Scottish) 2nd Bn. 1914-10-25
7155 Finlayson Donald D Sergeant South African Veterinary Corps 1943-03-03
7156 Finlayson Ernest I E I Air Sergeant South African Air Force 12 Squadron 1941-01-08
7158 Finlayson Thomas T Lieutenant South African Air Force 5 Squadron 1942-10-02
7152 Finlay Robert R Corporal South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-10-12
7150 Fink Walter Joseph W J Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-07-19
7144 Findlay Christopher James C J Lance Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-07-18
7145 Findlay David Nigel D N Lieutenant South African Air Force 1945-02-07
7147 Findlay John Ogilvy J O Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-04-09
7140 Fincham Eric Quirk E Q Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-09-16
7142 Finch-Stearns Phillip Cecil P C Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps 1 Field Coy. 1944-05-20
7141 Finch-Davies Claude Gibney C G Lieutenant South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. 1920-08-03
7139 Finch William W Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1921-07-10
7135 Filmer Charles Bernard C B Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-10-12
7136 Filmer Francis William F W Corporal South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-04-15
7134 Filmalter Isaac Hamilton I H Constable South African Military Constabulary 2nd 1919-11-02
7130 Fillis Abram A Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1917-08-04
7131 Fillis Henry H Donkey Driver Military Labour Corps 1917-04-09
7132 Fillis Piet P Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1917-04-07
7133 Fillis Robert Leslie Benjamin R L B Lieutenant South African Air Force 26 Squadron 1944-02-03
7123 Fillies B Private Indian and Malay Corps 1942-01-04
7124 Fillies Daniel D Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-12
7125 Fillies Joseph J Private Cape Corps 1944-03-03
7126 Fillies Jacobus J Private Cape Corps 1944-06-06
7127 Fillies Jacobus J Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-10
7128 Fillies Johannes C J C Private Indian and Malay Corps 1944-01-22
7129 Fillies Salmon S Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1917-07-13
7122 Filies Joshua James J J Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-04-15
7120 Filer Digby Alfred D A Lance Corporal 7th Infantry (Kimberley Regiment) 1915-04-26
7121 Filer Frank Digby F D Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-03-31
7116 Filby Arthur A Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-07-16
7117 Filby Gordon Lewis G L Lance Corporal Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 1945-04-16
7118 Filby Jack Ernest J E Lieutenant South African Air Force 5 Squadron 1945-04-24
7119 Filby Thomas Allan T A Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
7114 Filander Bernard B Private Indian and Malay Corps 1946-05-13
7115 Filander Willem W Gunner Cape Corps 1943-07-20
7113 Fiford William George Henry W G H Private 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) 1918-10-07
7112 Fife George Frederick G F Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-05-28
7111 Fietze Donald Eric D E Lieutenant South African Air Force 31 Squadron 1944-06-29
7109 Fielding Fred F Private South African Pioneers 1917-12-13
7105 Field Colin Greene C G Gunner South African Artillery 2 Anti-Tank Regt. 1943-11-10
7106 Field Percival Everett P E Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-11-06
7107 Field Raynor George R G Lieutenant South African Air Force 145 Squadron 1944-08-31