War Surgery and Medicine

2 NZEF(IP) — Analysis of Wounds 3 NZ Division in Solomon Islands

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2 NZEF(IP)

Analysis of Wounds 3 NZ Division in Solomon Islands
Abdomen 2
Chest 19
Head 15
Face 8
Neck 2
Eye 1
Ear-Blast 7
Ear-Other 2
Shoulder and upper arm 16
Elbow and forearm 8
Arm (undefined) 7
Wrist 2
Hand 4
Thigh 16
Knee 9
Legs 12
Foot 8
Back 9
Sacral region 3
Buttock 11
General 7
Unknown 21
Unknown (remained with unit) 14
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missile causing wound
GSW (? mostly rifle) 68
Grenade 32
Shrapnel (? mortar) 20
Mortar 22
Shell 12
Bomb blast 8
Bomb 7
Aerial bomb 1
Machine-gun 2
Unknown 10
Unknown (remained with unit) 23
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205

Killed in action not included.

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Title: War Surgery and Medicine

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Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1954, 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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