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South African Engineer Corps

Corps

Name history

  • South African Engineer Corps — this name
  • South African Corps of Engineers
    Same corps, word order only. The "Corps of Engineers" row is a near-orphan (2 records) beside 744 on this one, and is wrongly typed as a Regiment.
UDF 744 records in this database

South African Engineer Corps (“Galloping Gasfitters”) built landing and railway works at Walfish Bay for the Northern Force (Whittall). Source: Whittall, With Botha and Smuts in Africa (1917/2009).

Personnel

744 on the roll across 4 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (744) Union Defence Force (623) South African Defence Force (96) South African National Defence Force (24) Blank Force (1)
# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Unit Date of Death
198 Addison Harold Melbourne H M Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 31 Road Construction Coy. 1942-06-04
202 Adendorff Hendrik Willem H W Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 3 Field Coy. 1942-10-24
262 Aitcheson William Leslie W L Sergeant UDF South African Engineer Corps 1 Field Coy. 1944-05-20
267 Aitkens Aubrey Alfred A A Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 2 Field Coy. 1942-11-07
310 Alexander Colin Vivian C V Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 4 Field Coy. 1944-04-14
371 Allen John Henry J H Lieutenant UDF South African Engineer Corps 163 Works Coy. 1943-05-07
407 Allman Benjamin B Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 1943-06-11
464 Anderson George Alexander G A Warrant Officer Class II UDF South African Engineer Corps 1942-11-28
470 Anderson Herbert George H G Signaller UDF South African Engineer Corps South African Corps Signal Coy, R.E. 1917-08-20
506 Anderson William Osborne W O Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 1946-01-04
565 Annan Thomas Arthur T A Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 4 Field Coy. 1943-05-28
596 Appelgryn Petrus Cornelius Bouwer P C B Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 1944-01-14
620 Arbuckle Archibald A Lance Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 1943-08-01
678 Arnett William Moses W M Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 30 Road Construction Company 1941-11-08
703 Arthur George Percival Theodore G P T Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 13 Field Coy. 1942-04-13
707 Arvidson John Hugo J H Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 21 Field Park Coy. 1941-12-09
29269 Aschman Jonathan J Sapper SADF South African Engineer Corps 21 Field Squadron 1976-02-05
728 Askew Joseph John J J Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 2 Field Coy. 1942-06-30
735 Astle Joseph John J J Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 41 Harbour Construction Coy. 1942-12-06
29278 Atkinson Terrence Moffat T M Sergeant SADF 1 Construction Regiment South African Engineer Corps 1983-06-21
761 Attwood Harry Richard H R Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 1942-06-03
820 Baard Douglas Colin D C Lance Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 3 Field Coy. 1942-01-09
29293 Babin Pierre P Corporal SADF 1 Construction Regiment South African Engineer Corps 1980-07-08
953 Baker John MacKenzie J M Lieutenant UDF South African Engineer Corps 38 Railway Construction Coy. 1944-07-29
1064 Barber Ernest William E W Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 2 Field Coy. 1942-06-30
1083 Barendse Christie James C J Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 1941-08-18
1084 Barendse Frederick John F J Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 1942-11-25
1166 Barnes Walter Samuel W S Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 1944-07-01
29199 Batten David D Sapper SADF South African Engineer Corps 97 Ammunition Depot 1983-01-01
1377 Beard Thomas James T J Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps Composite Railway Operating Coy. 1942-11-28
1410 Beck George Vincent G V Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 41 Heavy Bridging Constr. Coy. 1945-07-19
1481 Bekker Jan Casper J C Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 1940-09-29
1510 Bell Oliver Melrose O M Major UDF South African Engineer Corps 31 Road Construction Coy. 1943-04-07
1525 Bellamy Paul Neville P N Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 45th Survey Coy. 1944-10-02
1542 Benadie Gideon F G F Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 1941-04-09
1552 Bendixen William Wouter W W Lance Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 1 Field Coy. 1942-05-26
1657 Berry John J Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 4 Field Coy. 1942-07-23
1762 Bezuidenhout Hendrick Francois H F Lance Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 10 Field Coy. 1941-12-02
29434 Bezuidenhout Roland Herbert R H Corporal SADF South African Engineer Corps 1 Mobile Watch 1964-05-30
1790 Bierman Hendrik Engelhardt H E Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 13 Field Coy. 1943-08-31
1792 Bigge Archibald Daniel A D Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 8 Field Squadron 1944-07-02
1884 Blackmore Conrad Percival Pate C P P Sergeant UDF South African Engineer Corps 1945-01-15
1934 Blatt Andries Johannes A J Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 1942-11-28
1942 Blench Ernest Arthur E A Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 39 Railway Constr. Coy. 1945-05-17
1948 Blignaut Ernest Philippus E P Corporal UDF South African Engineer Corps 1945-10-05
29469 Bloementhal Andre Petrus Jacobus A P J Sapper SADF South African Engineer Corps 8 Engineer Sqn 1981-05-16
2006 Boardman Harry John H J Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 10 Field Coy. 1943-12-08
2056 Bond Richard Grenville R G Sergeant UDF South African Engineer Corps 8 Field Squadron 1944-09-09
2079 Boolsen Jacob Francis J F Sapper UDF South African Engineer Corps 1 Field Coy. 1944-10-28
2176 Boshoff Willem Hendrik Johannes W H J Sapper UDF 12 Field Squadron South African Engineer Corps 1944-06-22