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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
4480 Coppinger Jack Edward J E Private South African Irish 1st 1943-06-15
4477 Coppard John Robert J R Private South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1916-06-20
4478 Coppard James William J W Sapper South African Engineer Corps 38 Railway and Road Construction Coy. 1946-11-29
4479 Coppard William James W J Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-04-12
4476 Copley Benjamin B Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-24
4473 Copeland Kenneth K Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 3 Air School 1942-06-09
4470 Cope John Henry J H Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1942-07-06
4471 Cope Rupert A R A Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 25 Air School 1942-07-24
4472 Cope Vernon Percival V P Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-24
4439 Cooper Arthur Bernard A B Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-09-20
4440 Cooper Arthur Edward A E Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-03-26
4441 Cooper Albert Gordon A G Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-09-18
4442 Cooper Arthur James A J Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-11-21
4443 Cooper BOYD McCOWAN B M Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 21 Air School 1942-01-17
4445 Cooper Charles Baldwin C B Corporal South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-15
4447 Cooper Charles Edward C E Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-04-17
4449 Cooper Charles Ridgway C R Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-04-12
4450 Cooper Charles William C W Sergeant South African Rifles 1st 1917-07-27
4451 Cooper D F Major Q Service Corps 1946-04-16
4453 Cooper Edwin Augustus E A Private South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1916-07-12
4454 Cooper Harry Edward H E Corporal South African Field Post and Telegraph Corps 1915-06-24
4455 Cooper Henry Patrick H P Private Cape Town Highlanders 1946-08-27
4456 Cooper Herbert Theophilus H T Private South African Corps of Signals South African Div. Signal Coy. 1916-09-25
4457 Cooper Herbert William H W Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st 1941-02-22
4459 Cooper Johannes J Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1919-02-22
4460 Cooper John Ernest J E Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-04-09
4462 Cooper Johannes Wessel J W Air Mechanic South African Air Force 23 Squadron 1942-11-13
4463 Cooper Louis L Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-10-18
4464 Cooper Percy John P J Gunner South African Field Artillery 1919-03-25
4465 Cooper Rezon Ambrose R A Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 1944-05-19
4466 Cooper Robert James R J Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
4467 Cooper Sidney Sinclair S S Private South African Horse 4th 1916-12-03
4468 Cooper William Edward W E Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-07-16
29837 Cooper Cyril Watton C W Air Mechanic South African Air Force Cdfaw 1936-10-25
4437 Cooney Nigel N Lieutenant South African Air Force 34 Squadron 1944-07-22
4438 Cooney William Patrick W P Major South African Medical Corps 1943-04-22
4435 Coon James J Lance Corporal Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-09
4434 Coombs William George W G Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 22 Air School 1942-11-12
4431 Coombes Edward James E J Sapper South African Corps of Signals South African Div. Signal Coy. 1916-08-10
4432 Coombes Percy P Corporal South African Pay Corps 1943-06-12
4430 Coomber Edward Lewis E L Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-10-08
4426 Coombe Augustus Victor A V Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1916-07-17
4427 Coombe Edwin George E G Corporal South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-07-18
4428 Coombe Edward Merton E M Corporal Q Service Corps 1945-06-29
4429 Coombe Stanley Murton S M Private Rand Light Infantry 1st 1942-06-07
4412 Cooke Cecil Arthur C A Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-03-06
4413 Cooke Cedrick Arthur C A Lieutenant South African Air Force 31 Squadron 1944-08-15
4415 Cooke Ernest Cecil E C Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-04-17
4419 Cooke Masta Olliver M O Trooper Special Service Battalion 1944-06-23
4420 Cooke Reginald Frank R F Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-03-02