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New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

Appendix I

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Appendix I

2 NZEF, MEF and CMF: Average Daily Sickness Rate per-1000 All Ranks
1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
Offrs ORs Offrs ORs Offrs ORs Offrs ORs Offrs ORs
Jan 1.36 1.35 1.1 1.3 1.28 1.29 1.89 2.2
Feb 1.56 1.53 1.1 1.3 2.1 2.08 1.73 2.05
Mar 0.75 0.92 1.5 1.49 2.2 2.2 1.69 2.13
Apr 0.98 1.53 1.96 2.35 1.4 1.35 2.07 3.25
May 1.37 1.39 1.5 1.7 1.75 2.0 1.52 2.35
Jun 1.5 2.2 1.9 1.95 1.46 1.73 1.87 2.79
Jul 2.0* 2.2* 1.87 2.43 2.2 2.04 1.79 2.24
Aug 2.4 2.03 2.0* 2.2* 1.84 2.09 1.96 2.17 2.05 2.41
Sep 1.9 1.6 2.2 2.2 1.46 1.95 2.33 2.55
Oct 2.0 2.2 3.62 3.57 0.84 1.12 2.74 3.16
Nov 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 1.09 1.19 2.84 2.84
Dec 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.76 1.85 1.85 1.94 2.94
Percentage of 2 NZEF, MEF and CMF, in Medical Units at End of Each Month
1942 1943 1944 1945
Sick and BC Sick Sick and BC Sick Sick and BC Sick Sick and BC Sick
Jan 5.62 4.4 5.89 4.55 7.36 5.91 Italy
9.60 5.82 3.28 3.28 Egypt
Feb 5.52 4.86 7.77 6.13 5.77 4.67 Italy
7.17 4.01 2.7 2.7 Egypt
Mar 6.61 4.74 9.05 5.74 5.78 5.0 Italy
4.67 3.21 4.2 4.2 Egypt
Apr 7.97 4.98 7.71 5.46 9.18 4.77 Italy
4.7 2.97 5.1 5.1 Egypt
May 5.45 5.88 4.02 7.49 5.79 4.69 3.43 Italy
3.93 3.73 5.3 5.3 Egypt
Jun 6.57 6.32 5.25 4.43 5.96 5.08 4.38 3.58 Italy
3.26 3.16 4.48 4.48 Egypt
Jul 12.03 7.83 5.26 5.03 8.25 5.98 3.04 2.97 Italy
3.08 3.08 Egypt
Aug 13.48 8.49 4.47 4.39 7.69 5.64 3.56 3.52 Italy
3.79 3.79 Egypt
Sep 12.3 9.1 4.59 4.54 10.62 7.84 4.67 4.64 Italy
3.8 3.8 Egypt
Oct 13.02 11.2 3.97 3.93 9.96 7.84 4.44 4.43 Italy
4.94 4.94 Egypt
Nov 13.41 8.96 3.29 3.14 9.81 8.38 3.79 3.77 Italy
4.3 4.3 Egypt
Dec 9.32 6.84 6.00 3.74 9.75 6.98 5.03 4.97 Italy
5.4 5.4 Egypt

The only two large epidemics (those of infective hepatitis) are reflected in the high figures for autumn 1942 and autumn 1944.

* Estimated only.

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2 NZEF Casualties
Campaign Killed in Action Died of Wounds Wounded Prisoners of War Died of Wounds Wounded Total
Greece 180 50 371 25 225 851
Crete 507 136 1039 31 496 2209
Libya, 1941 671 208 1699 5 201 2784
Egypt 587 313 2414 36 247 3597
Alamein-Tripoli 335 123 1527 1 5 1991
Tunisia 316 71 1297 2 9 1695
Sangro 298 101 1116 4 16 1535
Cassino 340 114 1823 2 7 2286
Florence 227 71 896 4 1198
Rimini 180 44 878 8 1110
Faenza 141 52 847 1 1041
Senio-Trieste 183 59 1145 1387
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3965 1342 15,052 107 1218 21,684
Ratios (approximate) Indicate some Trends:
Killed to Wounded (Omitting Died of Wounds) Including PW Died of Wounds to Wounded (not PW) Killed and Died of Wounds to Wounded, Including PW
Greece 1:3 1:8 2:5
Crete 1:3 1:8 2:5
Libya, 1941 1:3 1:8 1:2
Egypt 1:4 ½ 1:8 1:3
Alamein-Tripoli 1:5 1:12 1:3
Tunisia 1:5 1:12 1:3
Sangro 1:5 1:12 1:3
Cassino 1:5 1:12 1:4
Florence 1:5 1:12 1:3
Rimini 1:5 1:20 1:4
Faenza 1:6 1:20 1:4
Senio-Trieste 1:6 1:20 1:5

The middle column indicates an improved recovery rate for wounded as war medical science progressed and as lines of evacuation became more favourable. (If prisoners of war are also included, the only changes are that Crete and Libya become 1: 9 instead of 1: 8.)

Analysis of other columns must take account of more complications, but the severity of injury resulting in death (immediate or postponed) seems to have decreased as the balance of power in armour, air force, and artillery swung from the enemy to us.

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New Zealand Medical Corps, 2 NZEF, in Middle East, with Reinforcements
Rft Unit Embarked NZ DisembarkedME Offrs ANS ORs WAAC
Advance Party 11/12/39 7/1/40 2 2
1 Ech 4 Fd Amb 5/1/40 13/2/40 10 18 171
4 Fd Hyg 5/1/40 13/2/40 1 28
2 Ech 5 Fd Amb 1/5/40 3/3/41 11 171
1 Gen Hosp 1/5/40 16/11/40 21 37 144
1 Conv Dep 1/5/40 15/9/40 (ex UK) 5 47
3 Ech 6 Fd Amb 27/8/40 26/10/40 13 170
2 Gen Hosp 27/8/40 1/10/40 18 39 148
4th: 1 Sec 8/11/40 16/12/40 3 6 47
2 Sec 20/12/40 28/1/41 16 5 17
3 Sec 3 Gen Hosp 1/2/41 23/3/41 19 46 149
5th 7/4/41 13/5/41 5 12 154
6th 27/6/41 29/7/41 16 39 225
Maunganui 25/7/41 25/8/41 7
7th 15/9/41 19/10/41 15 18 166
Maunganui 22/12/41 25/1/42 8 5 116 196
Maunganui 5/11/42 6/12/42 60 10
8th 12/12/42 18/1/43 2 8 49
9th 14/5/43 12/6/43 1 5 96 3
Maunganui 19/6/43 21/7/43 1 21 1 17
10th 22/7/43 21/8/43 8 20 120
Misc 1943, ex hosp ship, etc. 7 13 8
11th: 1 Sec 12/1/44 26/2/44 5 8 268* 6
2 Sec 31/3/44 6/5/44 7 12 118
Oranie 15/12/43 29/2/44 2 20 3 28
Maunganui 24/5/44 30/6/44 1 18 9
12th 29/6/44 5/8/44 4 12 39
Maunganui 23/8/44 27/9/44 7 19 6 28
13th 28/9/44 5/11/44 18 14
Maunganui 6/12/44 14/1/45 4 27 61
Misc 1944, ex hosp ship and air, etc. 18 6 10 2
14th 4/1/45 29/1/45 4 8 206 28
15th 20/4/45 16/5/45 35 30 201 32
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Total 294 452 2946 428
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Total 4120

(Additions to medical officers listed are RMOs sailing with combatant units and some MOs recruited in United Kingdom—total approx. 30.)

Gasualties
Offrs ANS ORs WAAC
Killed, died 9 2 44 6
Wounded 11 61
Prisoners of war 32 492

* Incl 50 ex-furlough

Incl 15 ex-furlough

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Deaths from Disease in 2 NZEF, MEF and CMF, 1940–45
Meningitis (all forms) 29
Pneumonia, labor 14
Septicaemia 12
Cerebral haemorrhage 7
Appendicitis and Peritonitis 13
Poliomyelitis 8
Diphtheria 4
Typhus 6
Dysentery 8
Cancer 8
Heart disease 17
Nephritis 6
Duodenal ulcer 3
Tuberculosis 4
Typhoid 7
Infective hepatitis 6
PUO 2
Anaemia 5
Malaria 2
Acute abdominal 8
Other 19
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(Deaths from disease in 1 NZEF overseas in the First World War were 1579)