AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES
FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND (Rec. 11.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 5. Australian casualties since the beginning of the war now total 55,890. The Minister of the Army, Mr F. M. Forde, announced this to-day. The 1943 casualties totalled 9031, not including prisoners of war, but including many casualties carried over from the Middle East and Far Eastern theatres. The total number of Australians killed is 10,884, wounded 15,332. missing 3779, and prisoners of war 25,895.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19440106.2.55
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 25426, 6 January 1944, Page 3
Word Count
74AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES Otago Daily Times, Issue 25426, 6 January 1944, Page 3
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.