NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 3 September 1915, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES.

A HEAVY TOTAL

The following table sets out in detail, approximately, the total number of New Zealand casualties that have been reported since the operations in the Dardanelles began. On July 20th last the casualties numbered 3206, jpbich, when compared with the presejot total, shows that practically twofchlrds of the casualties have taken place in, £he last forty days. KILLED AND DIED OF WOUNDS. Ofj&gers Men Wellington Battalion ~, 13 225 Auckland Battalion ~,,,, 15 172 Canterbury Battalion ... 10 220 Otagp Battalion 11 186 i\Ve2jngton Mounted .., 7 71 Auckland Mounted 8 92 Otago Mouuted ...... 5 io .Engineers —-. 26 Artillery 1 17 Ambulance and Medical Corps 2 6 Divisional Train — 1 Divisional Signallers ... — 2 . British Section — 2 Divisional Headquarters — 3 Army Service Corps ... — 1 .Maori Contingent — 19 75 H4B Total—l 223. WOUNDED AND MISSING. Officers Men Wellington Battalion ... 29 676 Auckland Battalion 27 • 802 Canterbury Battalion ... 34 734 Otago Battalion 32 692 Wellington Mounted ... 6 188 Auckland Mounted 10 220 Canterbury Mounted ... 11 140 Otago Mounted 5 137 Engineers 6 . 103 Artillery 2 78 Ambulance 1 23 Divisional Train 16 Divisional Signallers ... . 2 British Section 1 Divisional Headquarters 4 8 Army Service Corps ... 11 Maori Contingent . 54 n.z. staff... ... ..:::: 1 !_ "Headquarters, Mounted Division 1 1 Total_4o 3 o. ~™ "» DEATHS FROM DISEASE. -~,... . Officers Men lotal of all units g4 SUMMARY. ir-n a itj ■ r Officers Men Killed and died of wounds 75 1143 Deaths from disease ... 84 Wounded and missing ... 169 3886 n , 244 5118

Grand t0ta1—5362