Union Defence Force

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armed forces military organization

The Union Defence Force was the unified military organization of the Union of South Africa, serving as its official army during the early 20th century, including World War I.

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Label	Occurrences
Union Defence Force canonical	9

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces ⓘ military organization ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown ⓘ Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
component	citizen force ⓘ commandos ⓘ permanent force ⓘ
conflict	East African campaign ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ North African campaign ⓘ South-West Africa Campaign ⓘ surface form: South West Africa campaign Western Front ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
endTime	1957 ⓘ
garrison	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
headquartersLocation	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
historicalEra	20th century ⓘ
legalBasis	Defence Act 1912 ⓘ
notableCommander	Jan Smuts ⓘ Louis Botha ⓘ Pierre van Ryneveld ⓘ
notableOperation	campaign in German East Africa (1916–1918) ⓘ invasion of German South West Africa (1914–1915) ⓘ
operatedIn	Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
participatedIn	Allied war effort in World War I ⓘ Allied war effort in World War II ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
precededBy	colonial forces of Natal ⓘ colonial forces of the Cape Colony ⓘ colonial forces of the Orange River Colony ⓘ colonial forces of the Transvaal ⓘ
replacedBy	Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African Defence Force
role	air warfare ⓘ land warfare ⓘ maritime defence ⓘ
serviceBranch	Active Citizen Force ⓘ Coast Garrison Force ⓘ South African Air Force ⓘ South African Army ⓘ South African Military Health Service ⓘ surface form: South African Medical Corps South African Navy ⓘ surface form: South African Naval Service
startTime	1912 ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
successor	Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African Defence Force
type	unified military ⓘ
usedLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maritz Rebellion (1914) → opposingForce → Union Defence Force ⓘ

South African Army → formedFrom → Union Defence Force ⓘ

South African Army → precededBy → Union Defence Force ⓘ

South African Army → historicalName → Union Defence Force ⓘ

Jopie Fourie → militaryBranch → Union Defence Force ⓘ

Dan Pienaar → partOf → Union Defence Force ⓘ

Manie Maritz → militaryBranch → Union Defence Force ⓘ

South African 5th Brigade → branch → Union Defence Force ⓘ

South African 5th Brigade → subordinateTo → Union Defence Force ⓘ