OUR FORCES.
93,000 ACTUALLY LEFT .NEW ZEALAND. ■ 19,314 RETURNED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. 'Up to the end of last month the total number of soldiers returned to New Zealand was 19,314," said Sir James Allen. Of that number 569 were officers, and had been gazetted out of the expeditionary forces. Of the men, 14,080 had been discharged from the main body and reinforcements, and 1243 from the Samoan force, while 1613 hare returned to duty. Fifty-eight returned men have died while under control of the Defence Department; 590 are in-patients under treatment at hospitals and convalescent homes; 521 are out-patients; 203 on sick leave; 249 awaiting discharge ; 90 awaiting return to duty, and 86 on special! leave. Five men deserted from the forces since returning, and three returned men are now in prison. Up to the present about 93,000 have actually left New Zealand with the expeditionary forces, while the men at present in training would swell the number to rather more than 98,000."
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1918, Page 4
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166OUR FORCES. Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1918, Page 4
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