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STRENGTHS AND CASUALTIES OF ARMED FORCES Table 4. —Progressive Roll Strengths of the New Zealand Armed Forces at Three-monthly Intervals from September, 1939, to February, 1946

Table 5.—Analysis of Strength of the Armed Forces at 31st March, 1946

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Date. Roll Strength of— Total Strength.* Total Overseas Male Strength as Percentage of Male Population Army. Air Force. Navy. included. aged 18-45 Years, at Annual Points. September November 1939 t t 1,846 3,021 724 1,060 2,570 (..) 4,081 (..) 463 669 Per cent. February May .. August .. November 1940 f6,671 -j-6,703 -j-35,052 f49,878 4,128 4,788 5,938 7,879 1,540 1,977 2,263 2,713 12,339 (..) 13,468 (..) 43,253 (..) 60,470 (..) 7,649 8,080 15,392 26,980 4 February May August .. November 1941 t57,740 f55,606 158,181 f62,461 9,925 11,708 13,510 15,251 3,040 3,767 4,064 4,624 70,705 (1) 71,081 (105) 75,755 (587) 82,336 (1,095) 33,583 42,344 43,274. 46,733 24 1942 February May (Peak mobilization) November 102,768 116,485 127,000 111,011 17,656 21,091 24,000 29,420 4,967 5,621 6,000 7,014 125,391 (1,481) 143,197 (2,118) 157,000 (3,413) 147,445 (5,208), 48,846 50,119 50,000 43,833 42 February May August .. November 1943 107,513 99,901 93,037 87,048 32,526 37,179 39,908 40,310 6,914 7,384 8,030 8,709 146,953 (6,223) 144,464 (6,560) 140,975 (8,730) 136,067 (8,188) 60,523 68,842 68,493 70,291 47 February May August .. November 1944 75,460 71,327 60,625 51,996 41,199 42,323 40,088 36,467 9,443 9,742 9,865 9,851 126,102 (8,069) 123,392 (7,460) 110,578 (7,206) 98,314 (6,230) 69,246 69,134 55,710 53,048 40 February May August .. November 1945 51,736 55,374 45,729 32,160 35,594 34,640 33,693 16,118 9,717 9,889 9,898 7,557 97,047 (5,916) 99,903 (5,582) 89,320 (5,082) 55,835 (3,096) 55,500 57,927 51,889 30,636 31 February 1946 12,910 8,486 5,103 | 26,499 (2,205) 8,052 8 * Figures in brackets show number of females included. t Army strengths exclude permanent staff up to .November, 1939, and part-time Territorials up to November, 1941.

Location. Army. Air Force. Navy. Total. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. New Zealand.. Overseas Total 8,548 4,651 878 91 5,223 1,616 629 3,413 428 297 17,184 6,695 1,804 91 13,199 969 6,839 629 3,841 297 23,879 1,895