"Why the numbers of our WWI dead are wrong" Topic

"Search for details of Australia's dead and wounded in the First World War and the figures thrown up are remarkably similar: of the 331,000 men who embarked from Australia with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 60,000 were killed and there were 155,000 admissions for wounding. These statistics are presented, with minor variations, on the websites of the National Archives of Australia, the Australian War Memorial, the Australian War Graves Commission, the Australian Parliamentary Library, and in the records of the British War Office and Australia's official history of the First World War by C.E.W Bean.

This means superficially around two out of three soldiers died or were wounded in the First World War. These figures have been quoted in every publication referring to Australia's casualties since fighting stopped in 1918. Sadly they are wrong. Some men were wounded more than once so the number of soldiers wounded is fewer than 155,000. And some of those wounded would subsequently die in later battles and so be counted twice in this inadequate statistic…"
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Armand

Interesting article, but its title doesn't actually match the content – it is about miscounting wounded, not dead.

Thanks.

Armand

I read that the death tool of various armies in WWI included also Spanish flu's victims, how many of these deaths are imputable to direct enemies' actions, and how many for other causes, such as incidents or sickness?

You never know…

Armand