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Appendix 1

I: Allied Battle Casualties, North Africa, October 1942–May 1943

This table was prepared by the Historical Section of the United Kingdom Cabinet Office from returns supplied by the War Office in September 1946. ‘Missing’ are included under ‘Prisoners’ (P). In each column officer casualties are shown by the first figure, other-rank casualties by the second figure. New Zealand casualties for the period covered by this volume are given in Section II of this appendix.

United Kingdom Australia New Zealand South Africa India Free French
Period K W P K W P K W P K W P K W P K W

P1

Oct–Nov 1942 224 588 67 54 138 6 32 89 2 22 65 1 2 9 1 5 6
Alamein–Agheila 1,864 6,170 898 559 1,870 138 329 1,278 64 173 823 2 31 126 7 20 140 13
Nov 42–Jan 43 30 119 10 3 17 4 4 4 1 2 4
Agheila–Buerat 302 1,115 110 43 144 10 10 47 1 5 14 1
Jan–Feb 1943 26 69 9 2 7
Buerat–Zuara 219 706 130 16 59 2 1
Feb–Mar 1943 27 115 30 1 3 2 1 1
Zuara–Mareth 351 1,307 459 10 82 4 14 2 10 5 14 8
Mar–Apr 1943 110 348 30 16 50 9 29 4 2
Mareth - Enfidaville 910 3,758 689 193 667 6 6 25 24 37 328 7 8 19
Apr-May 1943 50 224 16 13 52 1 2 29 1 7 14
Enfidaville–end 465 2,503 144 127 627 51 4 5 98 401 10 59 231 21
Total Eighth Army 4,578 17,022 2,592 613 2,008 144 785 3,075 141 215 986 35 189 950 26 109 428 42

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II: 2 New Zealand Division Casualties, 11 November 1942–13 May 1943

Killed Wounded Prisoner
Period Offrs ORs Offrs ORs Offrs ORs
Libya –
11 Nov 1942–28 Feb 1943 4 70 27 212 2 6
Tunisia –
1–19 Mar 1943 1 16 3 60
20 Mar–18 Apr 1943 17 197 47 607 1 5
19 Apr–13 May 1943 14 140 45 522 25
Total 36 423 122 1,401 3 36

III: Axis Casualties, 23 October 1942–13 May 1943

These are estimates supplied by the Historical Section of the UK Cabinet Office, and represent killed and wounded only.

German Italian Total
23 Oct 1942–19 Mar 1943 (Eighth Army sector) 22,000 19,000 41,000
8 Nov 1942–19 Mar 1943 (First Army sector) 3,000 1,500 4,500
20 Mar–5 May 1943 (18 Army Group) 23,200 12,600 35,800
6–10 May 1943 (18 Army Group) 9,000 1,000 10,000
Total 57,200 34,100 91,300

Axis prisoners of war, from figures supplied by the same source.

German Italian Total
23 Oct 1942–19 Mar 1943 (Eighth Army sector) 9,200 25,400 34,600
8 Nov 1942–19 Mar 1943 (First Army sector) 2,200 1,400 3,600
20 Mar–5 May 1943 (18 Army Group) 9,800 24,700 34,500
6 May–13 May 1943 (18 Army Group) 148,000 62,000 210,000
Total 169,200 113,500 282,700

* The discrepancies between the figures in this section and those in Section I are accounted for by the preliminary nature of the War Office table, the different date groupings, and the possibility that other than New Zealand troops are included with 2 NZ Division during its operations as NZ Corps.

† Includes 2 died of wounds, 11 wounded.