NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13983, 13 January 1916, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES

•• The summary of casualties to the N«w Zealand Expeditionary Force to January 3rd shows that the total losses to that date in killed, wounded and missing were 8108. Of this number the casualties sustained by men from the Canterbury military district were as follows:—

CANTERBURY MOUNTED RIFLES

' OFFICERS. ! Killed 5 Died of wounds ... ... 1 Died of disease ... ... 2 i Missing 2 j Wounded IS Total ... 28 j OTHER RANKS. \ Killed 74 Died of uounds 40 Died of disease 1:) Missing ... ' il Wounded ... ... ... 314 .Prisoner ... ... ... 1 , Total 490 Grand total ... ... -7.1S CANTERBURY BATTALION. j OFFICERS. Killed 7 Died of woxinds ... ... 5 Died of disease 1 Missing ... 2 Wounded 35 Total .50 OTHER RANKS. Killed ... 182 Died of wounds.... ... 89 Died of disease ... ... 44 Missing ;~>B Wounded ... 839 Total 1192 I Grand Total 1242 ' The total casualties sustained by other units were:— Headquarters ... ... .. 27 AmrkKuid Mounted Rifles- . •:.. ,516 Wellington Mounted Rifles ... 49.1 I Otago Mounted Eilles ... ... 387 Artillery Brigade 249 Engineers ... ... 256 Auckland Battalion 129G Wellington Battalion ..; ... 1471 Otago Battalion ... • ?882 Veterinary Corps p Army Service Corps 16 Divisional Train ... 35 Fifld Air.bnlanee ... ... ... 108 Rifie Brigade 15 Divisional Signalling-Corps ... 3 British Section ... 15 I New 'Zealand Nurses ... ... 1] j Maoris : ... ... 204 .Total ... , ... 810S

Past' deductions have been deleted as t.hey, have now been taken from the units affected.