2 NZEF MEF and CMF
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2 NZEF MEF and CMF
Battle Casualties, July 1941—May 1945
| Percentage of Total Wounds | |||
| head— | |||
| Fracture cranium | 192 | 1628 | 8.13 |
| Penetrating cranium | 513 | ||
| Concussion and contusions | 923 | ||
| eye— | |||
| Enucleation | 83 | 361 | 1.80 |
| Other | 278 | ||
| ear— | |||
| Rupture membrana tympani | 386 | 664 | 3.32 |
| Other | 278 | ||
| face— | |||
| Fractures | 149 | 913 | 4.56 |
| Flesh wounds | 764 | ||
| neck— | |||
| Flesh wounds | 407 | 407 | 2.03 |
| chest— | |||
| Perforating | 839 | 1523 | 7.60 |
| Non-perforating | 694 | ||
| abdomen— | |||
| Penetrating and perforating (of these, 313 had intra-abdominal lesions) | 355 | 529 | 2.64 |
| Flesh wounds | 174 | ||
| back and spine— | |||
| Fractures with lesions cord | 19 | 769 | 3.84 |
| Fractures without lesions cord | 34 | ||
| Ilium | 108 | ||
| Flesh wounds | 608 | ||
| upper extremities— | |||
| Simple fractures | 95 | 5811 | 28.09 |
| Compound fractures | 1172 | ||
| Nerve injuries | 421 | ||
| Joint involvement | 637 | ||
| Flesh wounds | 3486 | ||
| lower extremities— | |||
| Simple fractures | 125 | 6843 | 34.13 |
| Compound fractures | 1248 | ||
| Nerve injuries | 250 | ||
| Joint involvement | 876 | ||
| Flesh wounds | 4344 | ||
| burns | 150 | 150 | 0.75 |
| other | 442 | 442 | 2.21 |
| —— | —— | —— | |
| 19,750 | 19,750 | 100.00 |
Note: The number of wounds exceeds the number of wounded, as a casualty with more than one wound has been classified more than once.
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Regional Classification of Wounds causing Deaths in Action
Survey made of New Zealand casualties in Tunisia 21 March–15 May 1943 (Tebaga Gap-Enfidaville). Detailed reports received of 693 casualties (nearly half of total casualties for period), including 82 killed in action.
Classification of wounds of these 82 was:
| Head | 26 |
| Chest | 32 |
| Abdomen | 12 |
| Blown to pieces | 4 |
| Multiple, including head | 1 |
| Multiple, including trunk | 2 |
| Femur | 2 |
| Amputation both legs | 1 |
| Back | 1 |
| Blast | 1 |
| —— | |
| 82 |
| Shell | 40 |
| Mortar | 11 |
| Machine-gun | 13 |
| Gunshot | 11 |
| Bomb | 3 |
| Mine | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 |
| —— | |
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