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
23379	Smit	Daniel Nicolaas Erasmus	D N E	Air Mechanic			1944-06-19
23380	Smit	Daniel Jacobus	D J	Air Mechanic		4 Sqdn.	1942-03-21
23381	Smit	David Jacob	D J	Private		1st Regt.	1918-10-25
23382	Smit	Emil	E	Pupil Pilot			1944-05-17
23384	Smit	Graham Nicholas	G N	Lance Corporal		3rd Regt.	1917-09-20
23385	Smit		G W	Gunner			1942-01-04
23386	Smit	Gert Willem Albertus	G W A	Private	First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces		1945-04-16
23387	Smit		H	Private			1945-08-25
23389	Smit	Hendrik J	H J	Private	1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces		1945-08-22
23390	Smit	Hendrik P	H P	Private	6th Mounted Regiment/6de Berede Regiment, S.A. Forces		1942-11-17
23391	Smit	Johan	J	Warrant Officer Class I		25 Sqdn.	1945-05-04
23392	Smit	Jan	J	Labourer		Railway Section	1917-04-15
23393	Smit	Joseph	J	Private		3rd Regt.	1917-04-10
23394	Smit	Jan Gabriel	J G	Lance Corporal		1st S.A. Bde. Sig. Coy.	1942-11-01
23395	Smit	Jan Hendrik	J H	Private	Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces	1st	1940-11-30
23396	Smit	Jan Hendrik	J H	Private		7th Regt.	1917-07-27
23397	Smit	Johannes J	J J	Private			1943-09-28
23398	Smit	Johannes Jacobus	J J	Sergeant	Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces	Carnarvon Commando	1915-02-03
23404	Smit	Martinus Stephanus	M S	Private	Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces	1st	1941-07-05
23406	Smit	Pieter	P	Private			1942-06-20
23407	Smit	Peter	P	Lieutenant		1675 Heavy Conversion Unit	1945-07-19
23409	Smit	Rubin Gerhardus Kruiwagen	R G K	Air Mechanic		58 Sqdn.	1944-08-29
23410	Smit	Sarel Johannes	S J	Private	Central Army Training Depot, S.A.Forces		1944-01-05
41079	Smit	Klaas	K	Labourer		Railways and Harbours	1914-08-04
23371	Smidt	Barend Daniel	B D	Gunner	1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces	10th Bn.	1943-11-27
23372	Smidt	Twall	T	Driver			1917-01-31
23370	Smerdon	William George	W G	Lance Bombardier		2 Anti-Tank Regt.	1945-04-07
23368	Smedley	Frank MacAulay	F M	Bombardier		2 Anti-Tank Regt.	1943-12-08
23369	Smedley	Keith Gordon	K G	Private		1st Regt.	1918-10-26
23362	Smart	Edgar	E	Ganger	South African Labour Corps		1916-12-13
23363	Smart	Francis Edgar	F E	Private		3rd Regt.	1917-04-13
23364	Smart		G	Private		1st Regt.	1918-10-07
23365	Smart	Joseph Edward	J E	Corporal	Regiment President Steyn, S.A. Forces		1942-08-07
23366	Smart	Robert	R	Sergeant		Supplies	1918-11-27
23367	Smart	William	W	Private		1st Regt.	1918-03-24
23361	Smallwood	Thomas	T	Warrant Officer Class I		17 Sqdn.	1944-02-04
23359	Smallberger	John	J	Labourer			1917-02-07
23356	Small	John Edward	J E	Air Mechanic			1947-05-30
23357	Small	Louis	L	Private	First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces		1944-07-14
23354	Smale	Harold Ernest	H E	Sapper			1946-03-31
23351	Smalberger	Anthony Michael	A M	Lance Corporal			1942-01-08
23352	Smalberger	Hermanus Barend	H B	Private	South African Horse	7th	1917-02-24
23353	Smalberger	Johannes Gerhardus	J G	Warrant Officer Class II			1942-01-17
23349	Smal	Hermanus Christoffel	H C	Driver			1916-11-11
23350	Smal	Servaas Hermanus De Kock	S H D K	Second Lieutenant		61 Air School	1942-09-28
23348	Smailes	Richard	R	Private		2nd Regt.	1918-04-11
23346	Smail		G	Private			1942-01-28
23344	Sly	Arthur Walter	A W	Private		2nd Regt.	1916-07-29
23345	Sly	Edmund James	E J	Private		1st Regt.	1917-04-09
23337	Sloan	Charlie	C	Driver		Equine Transport	1917-02-26