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Table 6.—Progressive Annual Totals of Casualties incurred by the New Zealand Armed Forces during the 1939-45 War

Table 7.—Analysis by Forces of Casualties incurred by the New Zealand Armed Forces during the 1939-45 War

APPEALS AGAINST MILITARY SERVICE Table 8.—Determination of Appeals heard by Armed Forces Appeal Boards

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Outset to— Killed. Missing. Prisoners. Total Losses. Cumulative Total of Cases reported Wounded. Total Casualties. 31st March, 1942 . . 2,188 1,052 5,854 9,094 4,359 13,453 31st March, 1943 4,802 945 8,086 13,833 9,653 23,486 31st March, 1944 .. 7,373 931 7,315 15,619 14.142 29,761 31st March, 1945 .. 9,407 948 6,957 17.312 18,051 35,363 VJ Day (15th August, 1945) 10,130 634 24 10,788 19.345 30,133

Army. Air Force. Navy. Total. Killed 6,370 3,320 440 10,130 Missing 309 282 43 634 Prisoners 18 4 2 24 Total losses 6,697 3,606 485 10,788 Cumulative total of cases reported wounded 18,376 832 137 19,345 Total casualties 25,073 4,438 622 30,133

(Period covered : April, 1944, to VJ Day, 15th August, 1945) Determination of Appeal. April, 1944, to March, 1945. April and May, 1945. June to August, 1945. Total, April, 1944, to August, 1945. Number dismissed outright and withdrawn Number dismissed (general service) subject to time condition Number dismissed subject to New Zealand service (all types) Number allowed and adjourned sine die (not medically unfit) Number struck out (Grade IV) and adjourned medically unfit Total appeals heard 4,768 3,385 8 21,275 576 2,171 1,514 1 8,356 164 340 71 2 1,975 35 7,279 4,970 11 31,606 775 30,012 12,206 2,423 44,641