New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
NZMC Casualties
NZMC Casualties
The Medical Corps casualties in killed, wounded, and prisoners of war were:
Killed in Action and Died of Wounds Offrs | ORs | Wounded Offrs | ORs | Prisoners of War Offrs | ORs | Total | |
4 Fd Amb | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |
5 Fd Amb | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 81 | 98 | |
6 Fd Amb | 1 | 2 | 5 | 86 | 94 | ||
4 Fd Hyg Sec | 17 | 17 | |||||
RMOs | 1* | 1* | 2 | ||||
—— | —— | —— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
1 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 185 | 229 |
Casualties among the ASC attached were 2 officers and 108 other ranks, mostly prisoners of war.
As prisoners of war, 43.8 per cent of the strength of the field medical units was lost to the New Zealand Division.