Battle for Egypt
Appendix III
Appendix III
The following casualties were sustained by 2 NZ Division during the period June to August 1942 inclusive:
Killed & Died of Wounds | Wounded | Prisoners (incl Wounded & PW) | TOTALS | |||||
INFANTRY | Offrs | ORs | Offrs | ORs | Offrs | ORs | Offrs | ORs |
4 Brigade | 13 | 161 | 23 | 409 | 34 | 520 | 70 | 1090 |
5 Brigade | 17 | 202 | 39 | 488 | 16 | 410 | 72 | 1100 |
6 Brigade | 16 | 115 | 14 | 223 | 33 | 484 | 63 | 822 |
TOTAL | 46 | 478 | 76 | 1120 | 83 | 1414 | 205 | 3012 |
Artillery | 13 | 141 | 26 | 456 | 13 | 67 | 52 | 664 |
MG Battalion | 2 | 27 | 1 | 85 | 4 | 80 | 7 | 192 |
Engineers | 1 | 39 | 7 | 69 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 131 |
Signals | 3 | 20 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 38 | 7 | 93 |
NZASC | – | 38 | 4 | 70 | – | 14 | 4 | 122 |
Divisional Cavalry | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | – | 8 | 3 | 27 |
Miscellaneous | 1 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 75 |
TOTAL | 68 | 754 | 122 | 1893 | 107 | 1669 | 297 | 4316 |
(Note: One hundred and twenty of the prisoners, mainly men from 6 Brigade taken at El Mreir, lost their lives when the Nino Bixio, carrying them from North Africa to Europe, was torpedoed and sunk on 17 August 1942.)
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