ANZAC DAY FACTS
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25th of April
 

The casualties at Gallipoli were 33 000, including 8000 New Zealanders and over 8000 Australians. Out of 10 000 New Zealanders who fought at Gallipoli 3000 lost their lives and 5000 were wounded. Australian casualties were 26,111 including approx 8,159 deaths


Australian Fatalities at Gallipoli

MONTH
KILLED IN ACTION
DIED OF WOUNDS
DIED OF DISEASE
TOTAL DEATHS
April 25-30
643
203
14
860
May
1,805
469
24
2,298
June
265
199
9
473
July
143
113
46
302
August
2,054
532
80
2,666
September
145
163
91
399
October
82
84
115
281
November
295
184
120
599
December
50
46
124
220
January 1916
0
19
42
61
Totals
5,482
2,012
665
8,159
(8,709*)
*A revised estimate, dated January 26, 1919, in the same book gives the total number of Australians killed as 8,709. This larger figure is the accepted official estimate of the total number killed. In all 61,522 Australians lost their lives in the First World War.