AIF Casualties on the Western Front 1916-1918

1916

Month Killed in Action Died of Wounds Died of Gas Poisoning Wounded in Action Shell Shock Gassed Prisoners of War Total Battle Casualties Died of Disease Died of Other Causes Sick Accidentally Injured Self Inflicted Wounds Total Non-Battle Casualties Grand Total
1916                              
March 5 1 0 16 0 0 0 22 0 0 38 2 0 40 62
April 59 34 0 187 2 0 0 282 14 8 1,690 4 4 1,720 2,002
May 161 73 1 609 7 1 22 874 15 4 1,629 14 5 1,667 2,541
June 193 70 1 913 41 8 2 1,228 22 12 2,080 20 14 2,148 3,376
July 4,094 624 7 10,843 141 83 569 16,361 26 5 3,532 21 19 3,603 19,964
August 2,895 851 3 9,193 245 52 243 13,482 12 10 3,373 56 20 3,471 16,953
September 688 241 0 1,347 52 5 86 2,419 11 7 3,647 51 16 3,732 6,151
October 216 137 1 854 39 14 10 1,271 15 7 4,768 41 16 4,847 6,118
November 1,293 355 4 2,952 75 60 55 4,794 22 6 12,073 39 21 12,161 16,955
December 344 189 1 977 11 7 5 1,534 94 9 12,113 41 11 12,268 13,802
Total 9,948 2,575 18 27,891 613 230 992 42,267 231 68 44,943 289 126 45,657 87,924

1917

Month Killed in Action Died of Wounds Died of Gas Poisoning Wounded in Action Shell Shock Gassed Prisoners of War Total Battle Casualties Died of Disease Died of Other Causes Sick Accidentally Injured Self Inflicted Wounds Total Non-Battle Casualties Grand Total
1917                              
January 335 163 0 1,164 24 4 16 1,706 51 10 10,261 71 14 10,407 12,113
February 619 295 6 2,285 19 44 60 3,328 64 13 9,546 80 13 9,716 13,044
March 652 350 0 2,370 44 28 101 3,545 37 13 8,058 76 13 8,197 11,742
April 1,890 459 3 4,218 34 69 1,829 8,502 32 7 7,420 107 17 7,583 16,085
May 1,908 531 3 6,744 136 159 61 9,542 12 5 6,280 113 17 6,427 15,969
June 1,449 424 2 5,951 77 526 22 8,451 9 26 6,310 70 18 6,433 14,884
July 535 198 1 2,183 20 292 50 3,279 8 6 7,092 80 20 7,206 10,485
August 335 181 3 1,325 12 97 10 1,963 13 8 6,031 38 6 6,096 8,059
September 2,570 666 3 9,067 255 332 25 12,918 5 7 5,906 32 15 5,965 18,883
October 4,411 1,233 28 12,378 245 1,675 91 20,061 11 7 8,299 36 23 8,376 28,437
November 323 205 34 1,032 26 1,086 12 2,718 9 10 6,142 17 15 6,193 8,911
December 135 85 1 431 3 150 18 823 17 19 6,401 33 15 6,485 7,308
Total 15,162 4,790 84 49,148 895 4,462 2,295 76,836 268 131 87,746 753 186 89,084 165,920

1918

Month Killed in Action Died of Wounds Died of Gas Poisoning Wounded in Action Shell Shock Gassed Prisoners of War Total Battle Casualties Died of Disease Died of Other Causes Sick Accidentally Injured Self Inflicted Wounds Total Non-Battle Casualties Grand Total
1918                              
January 100 47 2 288 7 178 6 628 22 4 7,538 22 11 7,597 8,225
February 79 44 3 365 2 328 12 833 16 9 6,473 27 13 6,538 7,371
March 570 192 33 2,311 12 1,756 32 4,906 17 11 7,720 34 40 7,822 12,728
April 1,908 725 74 6,629 37 2,411 330 12,114 16 20 5,748 88 96 5,968 18,082
May 618 404 34 3,034 11 2,120 71 6,292 15 14 7,354 305 63 7,751 14,043
June 604 310 23 2,603 25 474 9 4,048 11 14 7,491 385 42 7,943 11,991
July 738 323 18 3,561 21 1,265 12 5,938 19 16 5,626 464 66 6,191 12,129
August 2,095 790 7 9,210 1 1,957 56 14,116 12 19 5,563 517 29 6,140 20,256
September 1,202 556 10 5,817 0 742 21 8,348 15 21 4,034 436 20 4,526 12,874
October 378 252 16 1,859 0 560 5 3,070 127 7 4,343 234 4 4,715 7,785
November 5 21 1 13 0 13 1 54 186 14 4,609 49 4 4,862 4,916
December 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 84 15 3,058 27 0 3,184 3,189
Total 8,297 3,669 221 35,690 116 11,804 555 60,352 540 164 69,557 2,588 388 73,237 133,589

Grand Totals 1916-1918

Killed in Action Died of Wounds Died of Gas Poisoning Wounded in Action Shell Shock Gassed Prisoners of War Total Battle Casualties Died of Disease Died of Other Causes Sick Accidentally Injured Self Inflicted Wounds Total Non-Battle Casualties Grand Total
33,407 11,034 323 112,729 1,624 16,496 3,842 179,455 1,039 363 202,246 3,360 700 207,978 387,433

 

 

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