Australian Casualties
Australian Casualties
Good morning all. I'm trying to find a table of Australian WW2 casualties listed by theatre. Can someone kindly point me in the right direction please?
Re: Australian Casualties
The Official History Australia in the War of 1939–1945 Volume 7 under Appendix 7 gives the following:
Battle casualties
War Against Germany
Killed 9,572
POWs recovered 7,919
Wounded 9,480
Total 26,971
War Against Japan
Killed 17,501(includes 8,031 POW deaths)
POWs recovered 14,345
Wounded 13,997
Total 45,843
Non-battle casualties in operational areas
No theatre breakdown
Killed,died 1,165
Wounded,injured 33,396
Total 34,651
Non-battle casualties in non-operational areas
No theatre breakdown
Killed,died 2,051
Wounded,injured 121,800
Total 123,851
All figures above exclude deaths and illnesses from natural causes,diseases.
These are further given as:
Deaths 6,038(including 2,658 in Australia)
Sick beyond the mainland of Australia 433,587
Battle casualties
War Against Germany
Killed 9,572
POWs recovered 7,919
Wounded 9,480
Total 26,971
War Against Japan
Killed 17,501(includes 8,031 POW deaths)
POWs recovered 14,345
Wounded 13,997
Total 45,843
Non-battle casualties in operational areas
No theatre breakdown
Killed,died 1,165
Wounded,injured 33,396
Total 34,651
Non-battle casualties in non-operational areas
No theatre breakdown
Killed,died 2,051
Wounded,injured 121,800
Total 123,851
All figures above exclude deaths and illnesses from natural causes,diseases.
These are further given as:
Deaths 6,038(including 2,658 in Australia)
Sick beyond the mainland of Australia 433,587
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Re: Australian Casualties
POWs recovered i would presume would mean following the wars ending and not who escaped/swapped/released/rescued etc?
Re: Australian Casualties
Thanks mate
Re: Australian Casualties
OK,the Official history states recovered means survived captivity--either liberated in 1945,escaped or repatriated,exchanged.The_Enigma wrote:POWs recovered i would presume would mean following the wars ending and not who escaped/swapped/released/rescued etc?
The above figures also exclude Australians serving with other forces,the RAF,RN etc.
It also excludes Papuan New Guinean force losses of 85 killed,201 wounded during the war.
Civilian deaths of 735 are also not included( bombing of Darwin,Rabaul captives,merchant seamen etc).
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Re: Australian Casualties
Thanks very much Peter