Union Defence Force

UDF 1912-07-01 – 1957-10-31 22,701 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
23599	Smith	Robert John	R J	Lance Bombardier			1942-05-27
23600	Smith	Ralph Montague	R M	Private		M.T. Coy.	1942-07-27
23602	Smith	Rodney Paul	R P	Warrant Officer Class II			1946-04-02
23605	Smith	Robert William	R W	Signaller		10th Bde.	1941-08-23
23606	Smith	Stephanus	S	Warrant Officer Class I		24 Sqdn.	1944-03-06
23607	Smith	Samuel	S	Leader			1917-04-19
23609	Smith	Stafford	S	Private		1st Regt.	1917-07-07
23610	Smith	Stanley	S	Corporal	Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces	2nd Bn.	1942-01-11
23611	Smith	Sydney Baldwin	S B	Corporal		1st Regt.	1916-10-18
23612	Smith	Stephen Cubitt	S C	Second Lieutenant		21 Sqdn.	1943-07-03
23616	Smith	Thomas	T	Driver		M.t.	1917-02-07
23617	Smith	Tom	T	Private			1942-07-17
23618	Smith	Thomas Clarke	T C	Lieutenant	South African Horse	3rd	1916-05-08
23619	Smith	Thomas Jacobus	T J	Private	Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces		1942-10-24
23620	Smith	Thomas Jacobus	T J	Warrant Officer Class I			1945-10-01
23621	Smith	Thomas William	T W	Private		4th Regt.	1917-08-15
23622	Smith		V	Private		5th Bde. Workshops	1941-11-22
23625	Smith	Verdun Lennox	V L	Air Sergeant			1942-12-24
23626	Smith	William	W	Private		3rd Regt.	1916-08-01
23628	Smith	Wilson	W	Labourer		South African Remounts Nairobi	1916-08-31
23629	Smith	Walter Aubrey	W A	Lance Corporal		8th Regt.	1916-03-21
23630	Smith	William Abraham	W A	Gunner			1943-12-29
23631	Smith	Walter Arnold Capewell	W A C	Sergeant		6th Armoured Car Regt.	1942-06-22
23632	Smith	Willem Christian	W C	Gunner			1942-11-25
23633	Smith	Walter Cecil	W C	Private		1st Regt.	1916-07-18
23634	Smith	William Charles	W C	Private		4th Regt.	1918-03-22
23635	Smith	William David Clarke	W D C	Lieutenant		31 Sqdn.	1944-06-12
23636	Smith		W E	Air Sergeant			1947-11-12
23639	Smith	William Gayner	W G	Lance Corporal		2nd Regt.	1917-10-15
23640	Smith	William George Cecil	W G C	Private			1941-05-18
23642	Smith	William Henry	W H	Private			1945-02-02
23643	Smith	William Henry	W H	Private		2nd Regt.	1916-10-15
23644	Smith	Walter Henry Melford	W H M	Private		4th Regt.	1918-04-13
23646	Smith	William John Howard	W J H	Private		1st Regt.	1918-03-24
23647	Smith	Walter L	W L	Private			1944-09-23
23648	Smith	William Lewis	W L	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-10-07
23649	Smith	Waldron Melford	W M	Private	Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces	"A" Coy.	1942-02-11
23651	Smith	William Stephen	W S	Private		3rd Regt.	1917-01-03
31260	Smith	Kenneth Carrington	K C	Lieutenant	Royal Engineers	4 South African Infantry Battalion	1919-03-26
33006	Smith	Charles	C	Air Apprentice			1936-10-18
33013	Smith	George Dougles	G D	Private		85 Combat Flying School	1928-08-21
33017	Smith	Ivan Griffith	I G	Second Lieutenant		28 Sqdn.	1950-03-18
33018	Smith	Joachim Elais Petrus	J E P	Private	Special Service Battalion	"B" Coy.	1936-11-19
33020	Smith	Joseph Rudolph Gideon	J R G	Air Mechanic		25 Field Squadron	1935-07-17
41400	Smith	John	J	Native Constable	South African Mounted Rifles	1st Regt.	1918-10-19
3175	Smit	Norman Herbert		Private	Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces		1942-12-25
23373	Smit	Allan Leonard	A L	Private		2nd Regt.	1916-10-12
23374	Smit	Barend	B	Bombardier			1941-09-18
23376	Smit	Christian Johannes	C J	Private	Camp Commandants Staff, S.A. Forces	Roberts Heights Depot Coy.	1918-10-19
23378	Smit	Cornelius Johannes	C J	Burgher	Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces	Pietersburg Commando	1915-05-25