Union Defence Force (South Africa)
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The Union Defence Force (UDF) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1 July 1912, when the Defence Act took effect, two years after the creation of the Union of South Africa, until 1957 when it was reorganised and renamed the South African Defence Force.
Union Defence Force infantry on parade, c. 1939.
The names of those who died and are listed as missing can be found on the Memorial plaque in the gardens of the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Union of South Africa
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The Union of South Africa was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa. It came into existence on 31 May 1910 with the unification of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange River colonies. It included the territories that were formerly a part of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.
Holiday Time in Cape Town (1891-1899) depicted an imagined future united South Africa at a time when the idea was being widely debated in the Cape Colony.
The first Union cabinet
South West Africa stamp: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on the 1947 Royal Tour of South Africa