WAR CASUALTIES
COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE MR ATTLEE ANNOUNCES FIGURES UNITED KINGDOM TOPS LIST London. ‘Nov. 29. Official Commonwealth and Empire war casualties to 14th August, 1945, were given by Mr Attlee in the House of Common! to-day. The following are the totals of killed, missing, wounded and prisoners of war: United Kingdom 755,257 India 179,935 Canada 101.538 Australia 95,561 New Zealand 39,929 South Africa 37,633 Colonies 36,172 Total 1,246,025 Details of these casualties are as follows: Killed, including x Prisoners, died of wounds inc. service or injuries Missing Wounded internees United Kingdom 244.723 53.039 277.090 180.405 Canada 3.470 1.843 53.174 9.045 India 24.338 11,754 04 354 79 489 Australia 23.385 6,030 39.803 28.363 New Zealand 10.033 2.129 19 314 8 453 Colonies _ 6 877 14.208 6.972 8.115 South Africa * 6.840 1.841 14.363 14.589 Total 353.652 90.844 475.070 326.459 The following merchant seamen casualties include men of all nationalities who served in British registered or chartered ships or fishing boats: Deaths, including deaths in internment or presumed deaths in missing ships, 30,189, missing 5264, wounded 4402, internees 5556; total 45,41 1.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 1 December 1945, Page 5
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