THE GREAT WAR SACRIFICES
SOME STARTLING -STATISTICS,
Sydney, November 12
The Commonwealth war historian, Captain C. E. Bean, delivered an address before the members of the Constitutional Association last evening. Captain Bean stated that from the statistical information ■ available more than 10,000,000 men had been killed in the Great War, while since, its conclusion 10,000,000 had 'died from war effects. The capital cost was well over fit),000,000,000, apart from the losses due to the disturbance of trade and industries. { Australia had lost over 00,000 killed, and an additional 20,000 had since died from war effects. Great Britain lost 750,000 men killed at the war; and the other parts of the British Empire 950,000. The Allies as a whole lost about 0,000,000 killed, and the enemy forces lost approximately 4,000,000.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40023, 14 November 1929, Page 2
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129THE GREAT WAR SACRIFICES Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40023, 14 November 1929, Page 2
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