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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
1970 Blom C J Corporal South African Corps of Military Police 1947-11-28
1971 Blom Edward Charles E C Staff Sergeant General Service Corps 1945-10-04
1973 Blom Johannes Jacobus J J Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1944-06-28
1974 Blom Wreford Devisme W D Lieutenant South African Air Force 112 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1945-07-26
1968 Bloemstein Frank F Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-08
1967 Bloemitt John J Private Cape Corps 1942-05-10
1966 Bloemitje J Private Cape Corps 1946-08-22
1965 Bloem J Private Essential Services Protection Corps 1944-03-17
1960 Block John J Private Indian and Malay Corps 1943-04-13
1961 Block Jan J Leader South African Native Labour Corps 1916-09-29
1963 Block Phillip P Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1917-03-08
1964 Block Sydney S Lieutenant South African Air Force 1942-07-03
1957 Bloch Arthur Stanley A S Private Imperial Light Horse 1st 1941-12-31
1958 Bloch Harold Sidney Ralph H S R Air Sergeant South African Air Force 1946-11-17
1959 Bloch Leonhard Berthold L B Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force 31 Squadron 1944-10-12
1955 Bliss Armand Henry John A H J Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1916-02-26
1956 Bliss William John Kennedy W J K Lieutenant South African Air Force 41 Squadron 1943-07-23
1954 Blinkhorn Harold Percy H P Captain South African Air Force 61 Squadron 1945-07-08
1947 Blignaut Casparus Johannes C J Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey 1944-10-13
1948 Blignaut Ernest Philippus E P Corporal South African Engineer Corps 1945-10-05
1949 Blignaut Jan Hendrik J H Corporal Pretoria Regiment 1944-06-21
1951 Blignaut Pieter William P W Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. 1918-10-25
1952 Blignaut William Albert W A Driver South African Service Corps M.t. 1918-11-02
1953 Blignaut William John W J Private South African Medical Corps 1918-10-23
1946 Blignault Petrus Stephanus P S Private 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) 1918-11-22
1944 Blight Alexander Richard A R Sergeant Cape Town Highlanders 1942-05-10
1945 Blight Joseph J Private South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1918-01-27
1942 Blench Ernest Arthur E A Corporal South African Engineer Corps 39 Railway Constr. Coy. 1945-05-17
1941 Bleki Charlie C Private South African Native Labour Corps 1941-10-16
1939 Bleasby John Rider J R Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 1st Regt. 1916-07-16
1938 Bleackley Lionel Cunliffe L C Air Mechanic South African Air Force 41 Squadron 1941-10-04
1936 Blauws Frederick F Private Indian and Malay Corps 1942-10-25
1937 Blauws S South African Native Labour Corps 1914-08-04
1934 Blatt Andries Johannes A J Corporal South African Engineer Corps 1942-11-28
1935 Blatt Pieter Andries P A Lieutenant South African Air Force 34 Squadron 1945-04-04
1929 Blatherwick George William G W Lance Sergeant South African Native Labour Corps 1918-09-12
1930 Blatherwick James John J J Air Sergeant South African Air Force 1945-04-04
1932 Blatherwick Reginald Alfred William R A W Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 12 Squadron 1941-07-17
1927 Blassoples Alexander Vivian A V Private South African Irish 1st 1947-05-14
1926 Blanksby Harold Robertson H R Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-04-12
1921 Bland Annie Bonnin A B Nursing Sister South African Military Nursing Service 1945-05-22
1916 Blanckenberg Charles J C J Lieutenant South African Air Force 27 Squadron 1944-04-12
1917 Blanckenberg Eduard E Trooper Natal Mounted Rifles 1944-06-27
1918 Blanckenberg John J Private Indian and Malay Corps 1945-06-29
1919 Blanckenberg John Edgcome J E Lieutenant South African Corps of Signals 1944-03-09
1920 Blanckenberg Jasper James J J Private South African Infantry Corps 2nd Regt. 1917-04-12
1915 Blanche J D Bombardier South African Artillery 1942-06-14
1914 Blanchard William James W J Second Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 3rd Regt. 1917-09-20
1913 Blanc Jean Pierre J P Lieutenant South African Air Force 37 (R.A.F.) Squadron 1944-07-13
1912 Blampied Arthur John A J Private Q Service Corps 4 Res. M.T. Coy. 1941-11-23