ROLL OF HONOUR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1491, 30 December 1915, Page 3

ROLL OF HONOUR.

The following is a casualty list issued on Tuesday : KILLED IN ACTION. Otago Battalion. —Lieut. D. J. A. Lyttle. DIED OF WOUNDS. Headquarters. Major W. F. Levin. Canterbury Mounted. — Private H. J. Miles. Canterbury Battalion. — Private N. F. Barnett. DIED OF DISEASE. Army Service Corps. Private H. Booth (peritonitis). WOUNDED. HEADQUARTERS. R.Q.M.S. Leslie Ashwell AUCKLAND MOUNTED. Troopers. —J. M. Deveney, P. W.'Longdill, C. B. Johnson. WELLINGTON MOUNTED. Troopers. —D. C. Glasgow, C. A. E. Maunsell, W. McNeil. N.Z. FIELD ARTILLERY. Officers.—Sergt. F. Greig, Captain R. S. McQuarrie, Corpl. J. J. Busher, Bomb. G. T. Grover, Sergt. G, R. McKellar. Gunners. —D. White, T. Brydone, O. H. Benge, F. J. Passmore. CANTERBURY MOUNTED. Trooper F, Woods. AUCKLAND INFANTRY BATTALION. Private Edward Roper. WELLINGTON INFANTRY BATTALION. Privates. — E. M. Parker, J. Reed, J. Galbraith, C. G. Marshall. CANTERBURY INFANTRY BATTALION. Officers. —Sergt. W. Benzies. Privates. —C. H. Warnock, G. H. King. OTAGO INFANTRY BATTALION. Corporal S. Coard, Private W. Dick. NEW ZEALAND LOSSES. TOTAL CASUALTIES 8033. INCLUDING 2932 DEAD. The official summary of casualties,to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, up to and includ-. ing the lists issued on 21st, gives a total of 8033, Of these 1099 officers and men were killed in action, 536 died of wounds, 263 died of disease, 2 died from causes unknown, 32 nurses and men were drowned, 658 are missing, 23 are prisoners of' war, and 5420 have been wounded. The dead, comprising killed in action and died Irom various causes, total 2932. The details are as under :

The approximate losses of the various units in killed in action, died from various causes, missing, wounded, and prisoners, are as follow: — Total Unit. , Casualties. Headquarters 25 Auckland Mounted Rifles 517 Wellington Mounted Rifles 510 Canterbury Mounted Rifles 545 Canterbury Battalion ... 1295 Otago Battalion 1397 Veterinary Corps 8 Army Service Corps ... 15 Field Ambulance 126 Divisional Train 36 Divisional Signalling Coy. 2 .Otago Mounted Rifles ... 393 Artillery Brigade 230 Bngineers .* 259 Auckland Battalion ... 1360 Wellington Battalion ... 1521 Rifle Brigade 3 British Section 15 Army Nursing Service ... 20 Maori Contingent 203 It will be noticed from the above that much the greater proportion of casualties were suffered by the Mounted Rifles and the Infantry Brigades.

o 3* H 0 ►-t 2.5V Tv CD C/J w P Killed in action 65 1034 1099 Died of wounds 21 515 53b Died of Disease -9 254 263 ,, cause unknown 2 2 Drowned 10 22 32 Missing 22 636 658 Prisoners of war — 23 23 Wounded 216 5204 5420 Totals 343 7690 8033