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
17662	Sintsu	Harry	H	Private		12th Coy.	1918-01-03
16429	Sintawana (sintowana)	Jim	J	Private		8th Coy.	1917-09-13
23224	Sinqana	July	J	Private		Medical Section	1917-02-21
23223	Sinnott	Albert Robert	A R	Private		2nd Regt.	1916-09-02
23219	Singlehurst	Edward Mosely	E M	Corporal		4th Regt.	1918-10-09
23220	Singlehurst	Francis James Anderson	F J A	Private		3rd Regt.	1916-07-15
23218	Singer	George Francis	G F	Private		4th Regt.	1918-10-28
23216	Singe	Job	J	Private			1943-03-03
23214	Sinelo	Phineas	P	Labourer			1916-08-19
23198	Sinclair		D	Corporal			1942-03-19
23199	Sinclair	Edward Frank	E F	Private			1941-04-04
23200	Sinclair	George Stephen	G S	Private		2nd Regt.	1917-04-12
23202	Sinclair	Joseph	J	Private		4th Regt.	1916-07-18
23204	Sinclair	John Dink	J D	Lieutenant		24 Sqdn.	1943-01-12
23206	Sinclair	Lochlan Donald McIntosh	L D M	Private		4th Regt.	1916-07-11
23208	Sinclair	Nevyl Tracey Bellew	N T B	Private			1941-12-09
23209	Sinclair	Roy	R	Private	Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces		1945-03-31
23210	Sinclair	Randolph Templeton	R T	Private		4th Regt.	1917-04-09
23211	Sinclair	William	W	Lance Corporal		2nd Regt.	1916-07-19
23212	Sinclair	William Blair	W B	Private	South African Rifles	1st	1916-12-13
23213	Sinclair	Walter Duncan	W D	Private		4th Regt.	1916-07-17
40804	Sinclair	Graham	G	Corporal	South African Mounted Rifles	1st Regt.	1918-10-15
23196	Simson	Hector Ian	H I	Lieutenant	First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces		1944-10-13
23162	Simpson	Arthur Victor	A V	Private		1st Regt.	1916-10-18
23167	Simpson	Errol Chaband	E C	Lance Corporal		4th Regt.	1917-04-18
23168	Simpson	George Edward	G E	Corporal		6th S.A. Armd. Div.	1945-07-17
23169	Simpson	George Gilchrist	G G	Lance Corporal		11th Regt.	1916-05-09
23171	Simpson		H P	Private	Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces	2nd Bn.	1942-08-28
23172	Simpson	Ian Stanley	I S	Private	Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces	1st Bn.	1942-06-07
23173	Simpson	John	J	Donkey Driver			1917-05-10
23176	Simpson	John Bain	J B	Lance Corporal		1st Regt.	1917-09-20
23178	Simpson	John Hull	J H	Mechanic		M.t.	1918-10-23
23179	Simpson	James John	J J	Private		4th Regt.	1917-04-12
23180	Simpson	John Montagu	J M	Lieutenant		55 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.	1942-11-02
23181	Simpson	John Mercer	J M	Private	Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces	2nd Bn.	1942-01-16
23182	Simpson	John Nelson	J N	Corporal		3rd Regt.	1917-10-13
23187	Simpson	Robert Alastair Edwards Welham	R A E W	Lieutenant		21 Sqdn.	1943-08-18
23188	Simpson	Richard Arthur Hilliard	R A H	Sapper		1 Field Coy.	1940-09-20
23189	Simpson	Richard Dundas	R D	Lieutenant			1943-12-26
23191	Simpson	Trevor James	T J	Lieutenant		16 Sqdn.	1944-02-18
23192	Simpson	Walter Frank	W F	Lance Corporal			1944-07-14
23193	Simpson	William Findlay	W F	Private		3rd Regt.	1916-10-13
23194	Simpson	William Hope	W H	Private		3rd Regt.	1918-04-22
23195	Simpson	William James Brandon	W J B	Signaller			1941-08-14
23161	Simpkins		D W	Corporal	Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces	3rd Bn.	1941-11-23
23156	Simons	Arthur William	A W	Sapper			1942-09-21
23159	Simons	Ismc	I	Private			1941-06-09
23160	Simons		J	Private			1946-01-17
23153	Simoni			Private			1918-07-14
23142	Simon	Andries	A	Corporal			1945-07-16