AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.
SICKNESS MAIX CAUSE. MELBOURNE, March 14. Sickness accounted for more casualties among Australian troops than actual wounds received in battle. Up to the end of last year 72.7-5O soldiers had returned to the Commonwealth from overseas service, and of these 30,675 were eventually discharged as a result of wounds or injuries, and 3-2.72:2 as a result of sickness.
Out of 30,000 only two officers and 19 men were totally blinded, but 18 officers and 020 men lost .one eve. Thirtyone officers and 1,171 men of those who returned up to the end of last year had lost legs, and lti officers and oS4 men returned minus an arm. while there were 20 cases of men who had lost both legs. Not one soldier lost both arms.
Diseases of the chest accounted for over 3,500 case of sickness, including GB4 cases of asthma. 2.071 bronchitis, and 1,531 tuberculosis.
Teeth defects led to the discharge of one officer and 43 men.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 72, 25 March 1919, Page 5
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