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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
2378 Bowles Henry H Private Cape Corps 27 Road Constr. Coy. 1943-12-16
2379 Bowles Jimmy J Driver South African Native Labour Corps South African Service Corps Transport 1916-12-21
2372 Bowker Alan Duthie A D Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1918-03-24
2373 Bowker Herbert Townley H T Sapper South African Engineer Corps 17 Field Park Sqn. 1944-06-22
2374 Bowker James Albert J A Corporal Special Service Battalion 1944-07-27
2375 Bowker John Robert J R Bombardier South African Artillery 5 Field Regt. 1942-07-06
2367 Bowie Henry James H J Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-03-24
2369 Bowie James Douglas J D Private 8th Infantry (Transvaal Scottish) 1915-03-30
2370 Bowie John Low J L Private General Service Corps 1942-12-17
2371 Bowie Thomas T Private South African Infantry Corps 4th Regt. 1917-09-23
2364 Bowers Errol Vernon E V Private Umvoti Mounted Rifles 1944-02-21
2365 Bowers Henry H Private Cape Corps 1st 1916-07-22
2355 Bower A H Private Transvaal Scottish 3rd Bn. 1940-11-05
2356 Bower Arthur Rubin A R Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1943-06-30
2357 Bower Clarence Charles C C Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-10-18
2359 Bower Robert R Stoker 1st Class South African Navy H.M.S.A.S. Southern Floe 1941-02-11
2360 Bower Roy Denis R D Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 25 Air School 1942-01-21
2361 Bower Thomas T Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1917-04-04
2362 Bower Vivian Walter V W Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1918-04-12
2348 Bowen David Dunleigh D D Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 1944-04-12
2349 Bowen George Ferguson G F Private South African Pioneers 1920-09-05
2350 Bowen James J Sergeant Essential Services Protection Corps 1945-01-17
2351 Bowen John Bernard Anthony J B A Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 72 Operational Training Unit RAF 1943-02-01
2353 Bowen Robert Duncan R D Private Transvaal Scottish 1st Bn. 1941-11-24
2354 Bowen William J W J Sergeant South African Service Corps M.t. 1919-10-21
2347 Bowditch Walter Thomas W T Lieutenant Q Service Corps 19 Reserve M.T. Coy. 1944-03-06
2343 Bowden Harry H Sapper South African Corps of Signals South African Div. Signal Coy. 1917-08-17
2344 Bowden John Tom J T Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 8th Regt. 1916-06-07
2345 Bowden Stanley S Private South African Infantry Corps 5th Regt. 1917-06-14
2346 Bowden William Alex W A Private South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1918-10-21
2342 Bow Thomas T Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 12th Regt. 1917-06-04
2341 Bovi Mkokeli M Private South African Native Labour Corps 5th Bn. 1917-02-21
2332 Bouwer Jacobus J Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1946-12-30
2333 Bouwer Johannes J Gunner South African Artillery 1 Lt. Anti-Aircraft Regt. 1942-07-13
2334 Bouwer Johannes Hermanus J H Corporal Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 1944-10-28
2335 Bouwer J L Private South African Railway Services 1918-10-29
2336 Bouwer Petrus Frederick P F Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment 1944-09-13
2337 Bouwer William Christian W C Warrant Officer Class II South African Artillery 23 Medium Regt. 1944-05-09
2338 Bouwer Willem Christiaan W C Warrant Officer Class II South African Engineer Corps 1944-09-29
2331 Bousema Nicolaas Guest N G Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps 35 Works Coy. 1941-03-10
2328 Bourke John Barton J B Private South African Mounted Brigade Scouts 1st 1916-03-22
2326 Bourhill Harold Peter H P Lieutenant 1st Reserve Brigade 1945-06-06
2327 Bourhill Noel Edward Walter N E W Sergeant South African Artillery 3 Field Regt. 1942-06-19
2325 Bour Maurice Roger M R Lieutenant South African Air Force 24 Squadron 1941-11-21
2324 Boulter Frederick James F J Sergeant South African Irish 1st 1941-11-23
2322 Boughey Louis Edward L E Lieutenant South African Air Force 16 Squadron 1945-01-05
2321 Bougaard Willie W Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1919-02-09
2320 Bouer Cornelis Tobias C T Burgher Mounted Commandos Wakkerstroom Commando 1915-05-27
2314 Boucher Charles James C J Trooper Imperial Light Horse 1943-05-10
2315 Boucher Cyril Jephson C J Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1916-09-08