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
23338	Sloan	Edwin	E	Sergeant			1943-04-24
23339	Sloan	Harry	H	Labourer			1917-04-06
23340	Sloan	James	J	Air Mechanic		17 Sqdn.	1944-09-19
23341	Sloan	Jacob	J	Private		2nd Regt.	1917-09-20
23331	Slinger	Frederick	F	Private		3rd Regt.	1917-04-09
23333	Slinger	Philip	P	Private			1942-07-10
23334	Slinger	Robert William	R W	Private	South African Horse	8th	1916-09-07
23335	Slinger	Solomon David	S D	Private			1947-03-29
23329	Sleep	Royston	R	Lieutenant		5 Sqdn.	1945-04-17
23328	Slawers	Pieter	P	Private			1943-03-10
23327	Slavin	Verdun Hood	V H	Signaller			1941-06-22
23325	Slattery	John Martin	J M	Private		2nd Regt.	1916-07-17
23324	Slatter	Milner Stanhope	M S	Sergeant	Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces		1945-03-24
23320	Slater	Edward Walter Ernest	E W E	Private			1943-08-06
23321	Slater	Frederick John	F J	Warrant Officer Class I		26 Sqdn.	1945-03-10
23322	Slater	John Edward	J E	Lieutenant			1943-12-02
23316	Slatem	Andrew Clement	A C	Private	Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces	2nd	1940-09-07
23317	Slatem	Bryan Murrell	B M	Able Seaman		H.M.S. Gloucester	1941-05-22
23318	Slatem	Reuben Alexander	R A	Private		1st Regt.	1918-04-10
23319	Slatem	Thomas Robert	T R	Private		1st Regt.	1916-07-18
23315	Slamat		R	Private			1941-12-09
23312	Slade	Charles Stanley	C S	Private		4th Regt.	1917-05-11
23313	Slade	Leonard Lewis	L L	Private		2nd Regt.	1919-12-20
23314	Slade	Leslie Stuart	L S	Lance Corporal		4th Regt.	1916-07-19
32978	Slade	Graham Denzil	G D	Boy 2nd Class		HMSAS Good Hope	1950-02-06
23311	Slacka	Joseph	J	Native Constable	South African Mounted Rifles	1st Permanent Bty.	1918-10-27
23301	Slabbert	Barend Johannes	B J	Private			1917-07-02
23303	Slabbert	Gustav Adolph	G A	Trooper	South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles)		1944-08-23
23304	Slabbert		G P	Lieutenant			1945-10-12
23305	Slabbert	Jeremias	J	Sergeant	Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces		1942-07-03
23306	Slabbert	Johannes Wilhelmus Nicolaas	J W N	Lance Bombardier		1 Field Regt.	1942-07-13
23307	Slabbert	Mathys Johannes	M J	Private		1st Regt.	1918-03-24
23308	Slabbert	Nicholas	N	Private	First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces		1944-08-31
23309	Slabbert	William James Francis	W J F	Warrant Officer Class II			1945-08-16
32977	Slabbert	Johan	J B	Air Mechanic		Cfs	1956-05-25
23299	Slabber	Ivan William Gillespie	I W G	Lieutenant		5th Wing	1941-02-22
23300	Slabber	Martin Nicholaas	M N	Lance Bombardier			1941-07-02
23297	Skosana	Solomon	S	Private			1942-09-01
23298	Skosana	Willie	W	Leader			1917-08-10
23296	Skonsana	Albert	A	Private			1944-04-28
23295	Skirving	Andrew	A	Trooper			1915-02-03
22564	Skipo	Samuel	S	Driver			1917-07-20
23294	Skip	Jim	J	Private		5th Bn.	1917-02-21
23292	Skinner	George William	G W	Lance Corporal		1st Regt.	1918-10-17
23291	Skillicorn	George William	G W	Private		3rd Brigade	1916-11-17
23290	Skillen	Andrew Stewart	A	Private		4th Regt.	1916-07-15
23288	Skiffington	Robert Hugh	R H	Private	Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces		1942-05-27
39177	Skidmore	John	J	Sapper	South African Mounted Engineers	1st Battalion	1921-09-22
23286	Skhabi	Hermanus	H	Private		Medical Section	1917-02-21
23285	Skenjana	Henry T	H T	Private			1945-05-07