Appendix "A"

(Four Tables)

Strength and Casualties--Canadian Army

Table 1--Strength--September 1939 to September 1947

Date	Male		Female		Total Strength (All Ranks)		On Extended Leave (Without Pay)		Strength Less Those on Extended Leave		Remarks
1939											ARREVIATIONS CA(A)--Candian Army (Active), i.e., the wartime force. CA(AF)--Canadian Army (Active Force), i.e., the post-war regular army. CWAC--Canadian Women's Army Corps. GS--General Service Int F--Interim Force. Members of the CA(A) who volunteered to serve until 30 Sep 47 and were permitted to do so. NRMA--Personnel called up for duty under the provisions of the National Resources Mobilizaiton Acrt, 1940. N/S--Nursing Service (RCAMC).   Extended Leave Figures in this column reflect the number of personnel granted leave of absence without pay and allowances for the purpose of proceeding on farm, etc., leave.   GS Figures These include personnel called out on service under the provisions of General Order No. 1309 of 3 Sep 39. GS strength shown for 1946 includes NRMA personnel serving overseas. Number of NRMA overseas during this year was not reported.   Peak Strength The CA(A) reached its peak strength on 22 Mar 45 when it had a reported strength of 495,804 all ranks including 9,092 on extended leave.   Source of Figures Strength returns compiled at National Defence Headquarters (Directorate of Organization. Adjutant-General's Branch). Strength return bearing date nearest end of the required month has been used.
30 Sep 31 Dec	GS GS	61,416 63,327	N/S-GS N/S-GS	81 149	GS GS	61,497 63,476			GS GS	61,497 63,476
1940
30 Jun 29 Dec	GS GS	114,890 117,302	N/S-GS N/S-GS	264 508	GS GS	115,154 117,810			GS GS	115,154 117,810
1941
1 Jul	GS NMRA	217,476    13,273 230,749	N/S-GS	701         701	GS NRMA	218,177    13,273 231,450			GS NRMA	218,177    13,273 231,450
27 Dec	GS NRMA	256,208    16,647	N/S-GS CWAC-GS	844   1,114	GS NRMA	258,166    16,647			GS NRMA	258,166    16,647
1942
27 Jun	GS NRMA	309,359    33,321 342,680	N/S-GS CWAC-GS	1,095   3,441 4,536	GS NRMA	313,895    33,321 347,216			GS NRMA	313,895    33,321 347,216
26 Dec	GS NRMA	360,016    55,840 415,856	N/S-GS CWAC-GS	1,413   8,108 9,521	GS NRMA	369,537    55,840 425,377			GS NRMA	369,537    55,840425,377
1943
26 Jun	GS NRMA	396,867    69,299 466,166	N/S-GS CEAC-GS	1,677   11,811 13,488	GS NRMA	410,355    69,299 479,654	GS NRMA	-   3,021 3,021	GS NRMA	410,355    66,278 476,633
15 Dec	GS NRMA	405,308    73,739 479,147	N/S-GS CEAC-GS	2,012   13,386 15,398	GS NRMA	420,706    73,839	GS NRMA	2,403   5,398 7,801	GS NRMA	418,303    68,441 486,744
1944
21 Jun	GS NRMA	405,834    72,971 478,805	N/S-GS CWAC-GS	2,876   x13,392 16,268	GS NRMA	422,102    72,971 495,073	GS NRMA	4,263   7,113 11,376	GS NRMA	417,839    65,858 438,697
3 Jan    (1945)	GS NRMA	411,574    63,769 475,343	N/S-GS CWAC-GS	3,069   13,512 16,581	GS NRMA	428,155    63,769 491,924	GS NRMA	3,193   6,846 10,039	GS NRMA	424,962    56,923 481,885
1945
27 Jun	GS NRMA	411,792    49,981 461,7l3	N/S-GS CWAC-GS	3,156   13,761 16,917	GS NRMA	428,709    49,981 478,690	GS NRMA	4,941   7,597 12,538	GS NRMA	423,768    42,384 466,152
31 Dec	GS Int F NRMA	247,436      2,855 250,291    40,843 291,134	N/S-GS Int F CWAC-GS		GS Int F NRMA		GS Int F NRMA		GS Int F NRMA
1946
30 Jun	GS Int F NRMA	48,828   49,981 58,940   58,486 64,426	N/S-GS Int F CWAC-GS	700     17 717   2,842 3,559	GS Int F NRMA	52,370   10,129 62,499     5,486 67,985	GS Int F NRMA	70     3 73   38 111	GS Int F NRMA	52,300   10,126 62,426     5,448 67,874
30 Sep	GS Int F NRMA	17,401   12,283 29,684     1,054 30,738	N/S-GS Int F CWAC-GS	249     23 272     32 304	GS Int F NRMA	17,682   12,306 29,988     1,054 31,042	GS Int F NRMA	18     2 20     8 28	GS Int F NRMA	17,664   12,304 29,968     1,046 31,014
1947
30 Jun	GS-CA(A) Int F CA(AF)	1,113     730 1,843   13,924 15,767	N/S-GS-C(A) Int F CA(AF)	1     1   84 85	GS-CA(A) Int F CA(AF)	1,114     730 1,844   14,008 15,852			GS-CA(A) Int F CA(AF)	1,114     730 1,844   14,008 15,852
30 Sep	GS-CA(A) Int F CA(AF)	233     31 264   14,337 14,601	N/S-GS-C(A) Int F CA(AF)	---   --- ---   82	CA(A) Int F CA(AF)	233     31  14,419 14,683			GS-CA(A) Int F CA(AF)	233     31 264   14,419 14,683

Table 2--Casualties by Category and Year, 1939-1947

Category	1939-40		1941		1942		1943		1944		1945		1946		1947*		Grand Total
	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	All Ranks
Fatal Casualties
Battle
Killed in Action	1	10	36	329	47	782	89	1,202	742	8,046	210	2,308	---	---	---	---	1,125	12,677	13,802
Died of Wounds	---	4	1	20	3	30	31	297	202	2,390	62	644	---	1	---	---	299	3,186	3,685
PW (Prisoners of War)†	---	---	---	1	7	54	3	3	12	84	4	27	---	---	---	---	26	169	195
Total Battle	1	14	37	350	57	866	123	1,502	956	10,520	276	2,979	---	1	---	---	1,450	16,232	17,682
Ordinary
Died of Disease or Injury	31	329	47	451	49	682	74	847	88	1,134	93	934	17	144	2	7	401	4,528	4,929
Died of Disease or Injury while PW†	---	---	---	---	3	99	---	70	5	92	2	35	---	---	---	---	10	296	306
Total Ordinary	31	329	47	451	52	781	74	917	93	1,226	95	969	17	144	2	7	411	4,824	5,235
Total Fatal	32	343	84	801	109	1,647	197	2,419	1,049	11,746	371	3,948	17	145	2	7	1,861	21,056	22,917
Non-Fatal Casualties
Wounded	6	91	22	335	40	573	348	5,328	2,496	32,589	782	10,051	---	---	---	---	3,694	47,967	51,661
Wounded PW	---	---	8	61	37	531	3	37	33	264	4	40	---	---	---	---	85	933	1,018
Unwounded PW	---	1	61	1,288	83	1,224	16	193	105	1,999	20	425	---	---	---	---	285	5,130	5,415
Total Non-Fatal Battle Casualties	6	92	91	1,684	160	2,328	367	4,558	2,634	34,852	806	10,516	---	---	---	---	4,064	54,030	58,094
Grand Total	38	435	175	2,485	269	3,975	564	6,977	3,683	46,598	1,177	14,464	17	145	2	7	5,925	75,086	81,011

*The last recorded eath of a soldier carried on strength the CA(A) was on 16 September 1947.
†See Table 4 for breakdown of these figures.

Table 3--Fatal and Non-Fatal Casualties by Theatre, 1939-1947

Theatre	Fatal* Battle		Fatal* Ordinary		Non-Fatal Battle		Prisoners of War				Grand Total
							Wounded		Not Wounded
	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	All Ranks
Canada, Nfld, Labrador, U.S.A., Kiska, Eest Indies, Bahamas, Jamaica and Bermuda	†1	†1	224	1,951	---	†4	---	---	---	---	225	1,956	2,181
United Kingdom (includes Iceland)	‡8	‡112	112	1,401	24	276	---	---	---	---	144	1,789	1,933
Mediterranean--(Sicily, Italy, North Africa and Gibraltar)	412	4,987	15	360	1,226	18,273	6	72	58	870	1,717	24,562	26,279
Dieppe	56	837	---	14	39	547	37	531	82	1,224	214	3,153	3,367
North-West Europe	935	9,898	48	815	2,385	28,526	34	269	84	1,748	3,486	41,256	44,742
Hong Kong	23	267	4	260	14	286	8	61	61	1,288	110	2,162	2,272
Far East and Pacific--(Australia, Japan, Burma, Okinawa and India)	---	---	3	2	5	---	---	---	---	---	8	2	10
At Sea	15	130	5	21	1	55	---	---	---	---	21	206	227
Total	1,450	16,232	411	4,824	3,694	47,967	85	933	285	5,130	5,925	75,086	81,011

*Includes Prisoners of War (causes of deaths while PW are given in detail in Table 4).
†Kiska (Casualties inflicted by enemy mines or unidentified machine gun fire; in addition two ORs were reported accidentally killed and listed as "Fatal Ordinary" casualties).
‡Most of these casualties were inflicted by enemy bombing attacks.

Table 4--Fatal Casualties While Prisoner of War by Theatre and Cause

Theatre	Fatal Battle									Fatal Ordinary
	Died of Wounds		Killed by Enemy		Killed by Allied Bombing		Total			Disease		Injury		Other Causes		Total
	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	All Ranks	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	Off	ORs	All Ranks
North-West Europe	5	37	1	40	2	9	8	86	94	1	9	---	1	5	3	6	13	19
Mediterranean	8	16	1	2	1	2	10	20	30	---	5	---	---	---	4	---	9	9
Dieppe	6	42	1	6	---	3	7	51	58	---	10	---	1	---	3	---	14	14
Hong Kong	1	8	---	4	---	---	1	12	13	4	249	---	11	---	---	4	260	264
Total	20	103	3	52	3	14	26	169	195	5	273	---	13	5	10	10	296	306

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