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Appendix V
ANALYSIS OF PROMOTIONS, CASUALTIES AND AWARDS IN A FIELD COMPANY, NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS

From a copy of the original embarkation roll of 8 Field Company, NZE, 2 NZEF, with the help of Base Records, the following ‘vital statistics’ of the Company have been compiled. The Company's strength on embarkation, and including 1st Reinforcements, was 261 all ranks, comprising 211 sappers, 18 Lance-Corporals, 13 Corporals, 6 Lance-Sergeants, 5 Sergeants, 1 Staff-Sergeant, 1 Warrant Officer Class II, 4 Second-Lieutenants, 1 Captain and 1 Major.

The various promotions of these 261 were:

• 25 sappers promoted to L-Cpl

• 21 sappers promoted to Cpl

• 10 sappers promoted to L-Sgt

• 10 sappers promoted to Sgt

• 1 sappers promoted to S-Sgt

• 1 sappers promoted to 2 Lt

• 1 sappers promoted to Lt

• 2 L-Cpls promoted to Cpl

• 2 L-Cpls promoted to L-Sgt

• 4 L-Cpls promoted to Sgt

• 1 L-Cpls promoted to S-Sgt

• 1 L-Cpls promoted to Lt

• 2 Cpls promoted to L-Sgt

• 5 Cpls promoted to Sgt

• 1 Cpls promoted to S-Sgt

• 3 L-Sgts promoted to Sgt

• 2 Sgts promoted to WO II

• 1 Sgts promoted to Lt

• 1 S-Sgt promoted to WO II

• 1 WO II promoted to WO I

• 2 2 Lts promoted to Lt

• 2 2 Lts promoted to Capt

• 1 Capt promoted to Lt-Col

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The casualties of these 261 were:

Killed in action	13
Died of wounds	9
Wounded once	47
Wounded twice	2
Wounded thrice	1
Prisoner of war	32

The awards and decorations earned by the original 261 were:

DSO	1
MC	1
MC and bar	1
DCM	1
MM	4
MID	8

As 8 Field Company did not take part in the campaigns in Greece or Crete, it may be that the casualty figures are not quite as heavy as those of the other Field Companies. However, bearing in mind that these figures are based on the embarkation roll only and do not take into account the total turnover in the Company, they could be indicative of what happened to the original strengths of the Companies.