2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery

SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES — (ALL REGIMENTS)

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SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES
(ALL REGIMENTS)

Killed or Died of Wounds Wounded Prisoners of War* Wounded and PW Died on Active Service total
offrs ORs Offrs ORs Offrs ORs Offrs ORs Offrs ORs
Western Desert, 1940 1 1
Greece 1 28 5 52 9 159 2 20 276
Crete 4 32 7 64 20 237 1 33 398
Libya, 1941 19 179 29 297 29 154 4 35 746
Egypt, 1942 20 195 50 669 12 51 1 15 1,013
Tripolitania and Tunisia 3 38 14 190 1 246
Western Desert (miscellaneous) 2 1 4 7
Italy 9 121 43 532 6 711
5 55 60
56 596 149 1,808 70 608 8 103 5 55 3,458

The above figures are compiled from 2 NZEF official casualty lists. In some cases they vary slightly from the figures given in the text, largely due to differences in the classification of casualties by dates and campaigns.

* 1 officer and 31 other ranks died or were killed while prisoners of war.

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Title: 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery

Author: Murphy, W. E.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1966, 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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