OUR WAR LOSSES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2636, 6 December 1915, Page 6

OUR WAR LOSSES

e___ ■ AN OFFICIAL RETURN. > Official returns issued on Saturday showed that the casualties to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force reported up to and including November 29 totalled 7836. Of these, 1116 officers and men were killed in action, 519 died of wounds, 240 died of disease, 658 were missing, 5272 were wounded, .and 22 were prisoners of war. The total death roll is thus 1884, exclusive of the missing. The details are as under

In the second table only gross totals are given, the actual totals in the first table being arrived at by deducting the previously reported wounded, missing, or now deceased. The second table is instructive, however, as showing that the Mounted Rifles and Infantry Brigades have borne the brunt of the lighting, their combined casualties numbering '7295 out of a gross total for the tvhoio force of 8180. The Mounted Brigade's total is 1905, and the Infantry Brigade's 5390. The Wellington Battalion also heads the list, with the bravo showing of 1494 casualties.

Actual Losses. Officers. Men. Total. 1 Killed 74 1042 1116 Died of wounds ... 21 498 ; 519 Died of disease ... 8 241 249 Missing... 22 636 6,58 Wounded 214 : 5058 5272 Prisoners of war ... — 22 22 Totals 339 • 7497 7836 Aprroximat© Unit Totals. ' . Officers. Men. Total. Headquarters 9 15 24 Auckland M.R1 31 471 ■ 502 Wellington M.R. ... 37 463 500 Canterbury M.R. ... 28 501 529 Otago M.R 22 352 374 Artillery Brigade-..; 7 ' 202 209 Engineers 7 239 246 Auckland Batt. ... 55 1280 1335 Wellington Batt. ... 44 1450 1494 Canterbury Batt. .,. 53 1224 1277 Otago Batt 48 1236 1284 •Vet. Corps — 6.6 Army' Service Corps — 14 14 Divisional Train ... 1 33 34 Field Ambulance . . 3 117 120 Divis'al Sig. Corps —' 2 2 British Section 1 > 13 14 Nurses 20 ' — 20 Maori Contingent ... 5 101 196