SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES

Previous Section | Table of Contents | Up | Next Section

SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES

Campaign Killed and Died of Wounds* Wounded Prisoners of War Total
Offrs ORs Offrs ORs Offrs ORs
Greece 15 2 30 29 76
Libya 1941 6 83 4 130 9 217 449
Egypt 1942 9 97 15 236 7 130 494
Tripolitania and
Tunisia 1942–43
3 33 6 88 1 2 133
Italy 10 157 22 510 9 708
Died 2 14 16
30 399 49 994 17 17 387 1876

*2 officers and 28 other ranks who died while prisoners of war are
included in the figures of killed for the campaigns in which they were taken.

†2 officers and 45 other ranks were wounded when taken prisoner. They
are included in the PW columns only.

Previous Section | Table of Contents | Up | Next Section

About this page...

Title: 26 Battalion

Author: Norton, Frazer D.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1952, 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

Conditions of use