ANZAC Q&A - HOW MANY ANZAC CASUALTIES WERE SUFFERED AT GALLIPOLI?
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Image: Patients being loaded onto the hospital ship Maheno from lighters at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, in 1915.
Q. How many Anzac casualties were suffered at Gallipoli?
A. Australian casualties for the Gallipoli campaign totalled 26,111, comprising of 1,007 officers and 25,104 other ranks; 362 officers and 7,779 men (8,141) were killed in action, died of wounds or succumbed to disease. New Zealand casualties totalled 2,779 dead and 5,721 wounded and sick.
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