24 Battalion

Summary of Casualties

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Summary of Casualties

Killed Wounded Prisonerrs of War
Offrs ORs Offrs ORs Offrs ORs
Greece 8 2 4 4 134
Libya 1941 8 93 5 140 10 267
Egypt 1942 6 74 9 165 13 157
Tripolitania and Tunisia 4 68 14 135 1 2
Italy 12 167 30 640 1 21
Total 30 410 60 1084 29 581

The killed include men who were killed in action or who died of wounds and those presumed to have been killed in action or to have died of wounds; the prisoners of war include those who were wounded before capture. Two officers and 18 other ranks who died on active service are not included in the above casualties.

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Title: 24 Battalion

Author: Burdon, R. M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1953, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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