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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
6723 Erasmus Pieter W P W Private Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) 1944-11-12
6724 Erasmus Samson S Private Cape Corps 1945-09-21
6725 Erasmus S A Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1946-05-05
6726 Erasmus Struben Olivier S O Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-03-21
6727 Erasmus Titus Allan T A Private Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) 1940-07-05
6728 Erasmus T J Private 1st Reserve Brigade 9th Bn. 1945-08-10
6729 Erasmus Wynand Jacobus Rudolf Vivier W J R V Private Technical Service Corps (Corps) 1944-10-12
6730 Erasmus Willem Stevenburg W S Private 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) 1918-10-04
6731 Erasmus Zacharius Z Private General and Base Depots Base Depot Coy. (Durban) 1919-01-02
30261 Erasmus Louis Lourens L L Private Special Service Battalion "C" Coy. 1935-02-09
6689 Epstein Jeremiah J Sergeant 1st Reserve Brigade 1943-09-20
6688 Ephraim Cape Boy South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-04-16
6687 Entress Leonard William L W Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-04-13
6686 Enstrom Erik Stanley E S Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 2nd Bn. 1942-12-29
6685 Ensor Arthur Versfeld A V Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 73rd Siege Bty. 1918-03-19
6679 Enslin Barney Godfrey Smuts B G S Captain 5 Squadron 1945-01-23
6680 Enslin Conrad A C A Burgher Mounted Commandos Wessel's Commando 1914-12-17
6681 Enslin George Frederick G F Sergeant Q Service Corps (Corps) 1944-03-05
6682 Enslin Johannes J Private 8th South African Infantry 1917-07-08
6683 Enslin Johan Martin J M Private 2nd South African Infantry 1918-10-13
6684 Enslin Wynand Johannes W J Sergeant Q Service Corps (Corps) 1943-06-12
30249 Enslin Carl Johannes C J Second Lieutenant Zwartkop Air Station 1939-04-04
6677 Enright Arthur Lewis A L Private 4th South African Infantry "D" Coy. 1917-09-20
6678 Enright D P L Pupil Pilot 25 Air School 1942-04-30
6675 Enose Jameson J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1916-11-02
6672 Enkwetsh George G Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-05-17
6669 English Norman N Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-10-17
6670 English Stratford Wilson S W Major South African Artillery (Corps) 18 Bty. 1941-06-19
6668 Engledow William John W J Private Q Service Corps (Corps) 1941-11-23
6667 Englebrecht Jacobus Paulus J P Captain South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1918-12-08
6664 England Reginald R Private 3rd South African Infantry 1917-09-20
6665 England Victor Ernest Melvin V E M Air Sergeant 24 Squadron 1942-08-30
6666 England Walter Hugh W H Lieutenant South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 1944-11-08
6641 Engelbrecht August Gottlieb Emiel Steffen A G E S Lieutenant 7 Squadron 1942-03-06
6642 Engelbrecht Abraham Jacobus Johannes A J J Burgher Mounted Commandos Middelburg Commando 1915-04-30
6643 Engelbrecht Adriaan Stephanus A S Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) 22 Field Regiment 1946-08-16
6644 Engelbrecht Barend Jacobus B J Air Mechanic 12 Squadron 1941-11-15
6645 Engelbrecht B J Air Sergeant South African Air Force (Corps) 1942-04-04
6646 Engelbrecht Cornelius C Flight Sergeant 21 Squadron 1943-01-13
6647 Engelbrecht Cornelius Johannes C J Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 13 Field Coy. 1943-03-29
6648 Engelbrecht Gideon Petrus G P Private South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1918-11-26
6649 Engelbrecht J Private Cape Corps 1947-03-24
6650 Engelbrecht Jan J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Mule Transport 1918-03-24
6651 Engelbrecht Johannes Cornelius J C Trooper Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment "D" Coy. 1944-09-16
6652 Engelbrecht J F C Private 1st Reserve Brigade 1942-02-12
6653 Engelbrecht L Private Cape Corps 1945-06-13
6654 Engelbrecht Louis L Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1916-03-31
6655 Engelbrecht Michael Coenraad M C Private South African Internment Corps (Corps) 1943-03-01
6656 Engelbrecht Petrus Hendrik Stefanus P H S Private 1st South African Infantry 1918-04-10
6657 Engelbrecht Petrus Johannes P J Private South African Medical Corps (Corps) 1918-10-09