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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
5744 Dimmick Oliver O Major South African Mounted Rifles 2nd Regt. 1916-09-22
5740 Dilworth Herbert Buxton H B Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 16 Squadron 1942-02-26
5731 Dillon Abraham A Private South African Infantry Corps 6th Regt. 1917-05-08
5732 Dillon Edward T E T Rifleman 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) 1916-03-10
5733 Dillon John J Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-08-01
5734 Dillon John Abraham J A Private Technical Service Corps 1941-11-23
5735 Dillon Joseph Benjamin J B Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-07-17
5736 Dillon James Thomas J T Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 125th Siege Bty. 1917-10-25
5737 Dillon Lawrence Patrick L P Captain South African Air Force 60 Squadron 1943-12-07
5738 Dillon Richard Wentworth R W Sergeant Camp Commandants Staff Roberts Heights 1917-06-04
5739 Dillon Thomas Ryan T R Air Sergeant South African Air Force 41 Air School 1941-05-16
5730 Dilley George Lewis G L Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles Medical Section 1918-10-12
5729 Dikodi Middleton M Private South African Native Labour Corps 1943-01-03
5728 Dikhomayi Jim J Ox Driver South African Native Labour Corps 1917-06-15
5727 Dikgashu Hosiah H Private South African Native Labour Corps 1946-06-02
5726 Dikgape Mabogoane M Labourer South African Native Labour Corps Railway Section 1917-02-27
5725 Diketso Ephraim E Private South African Native Labour Corps 38th Bn. 1918-03-12
5724 Dikele Tom T Private South African Native Labour Corps 1944-01-28
5723 Dignam James Lloyd J L Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-07-18
5722 Dight Charles William C W Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-05-21
5721 Diggle Arthur A Lieutenant South African Engineer Corps 1945-05-21
5720 Diggins James David J D Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-09-10
5719 Diggery Emil William E W Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-03-01
5715 Difford Archibald Newcombe A N Lieutenant Cape Corps 1st 1918-09-20
5714 Dietzsch Gustav Adolf G A Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-10-10
5713 Dietz Richard Henry R H Private Q Service Corps 1943-08-22
5711 Dietrich Ernst E Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-10-24
5712 Dietrich Henry Alexander H A Captain South African Air Force 26 Squadron 1944-10-03
5710 Dieterlen Robert Alfred R A Corporal Army of France 31 Battalion Sharpshooters 1915-09-25
5709 Diesel Kenneth Forbes K F Sergeant South African Air Force 72 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-06-11
5708 Dieltjens Frans F Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-10-13
5707 Diedricks A Private Cape Corps 1945-04-18
5706 Diederiks Jacobus J. J J Private Regiment Botha 2nd 1941-11-23
5702 Diedericks Jacob Abraham J A Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-10-11
5703 Diedericks Jacob Johannes Jacobus J J J Constable South African Military Constabulary 1st 1918-10-21
5704 Diedericks Marthinus Phillipus M P Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 2nd Regt. 1920-03-10
5705 Diedericks Willem Johannes W J Corporal Technical Service Corps 1944-10-04
5701 Die Jaap I Private Cape Corps 1941-12-09
5700 Didimba John J Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1916-10-04
5687 Dickson Cyril C Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-04-17
5688 Dickson Ernest E Colonel South African Staff Corps 1943-02-10
5690 Dickson James Kenneth J K Sergeant South African Medical Corps 1942-11-01
5691 Dickson J M Private South African Armoured Corps 9th Armoured Car Coy. 1942-05-10
5692 Dickson Aubrey Ellis A E Lieutenant South African Air Force 5 Squadron 1944-09-15
5693 Dickson Michael Arnold M A Sub-Lieutenant South African Navy H.M.S.A.S. Crassula 1946-10-17
5694 Dickson Ntwa N Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1916-12-27
5695 Dickson Ronald Frank R F Captain South African Air Force 19 Squadron 1945-03-20
5681 Dicks Andrew James A J Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
5682 Dicks Leslie Edgar L E Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1947-12-22
5683 Dicks Maurice William M W Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-06-05