Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-03 | Page 16 | Australia Drilling 40,000 More Troops

AUSTRAliA DRilliNG MORE TROOPS I I MELBOURNE l E 2 The number of casualties among mong the tile men that Australia lias hs i s' s sent to towar towar towar war was made known by Premier Fish Fisher i- i in ina a statement to to- to pas pal today The losses In including the men who died in Egypt an ann and 3 eh en route since the embarkation of the first contIngent contingent contingent contin contIn- gent In November 1914 now now total some he said of which he lie gave the following classification n Officers Officers ers Others Total Dead 2855 Wounded Missing 11 Sick 94 1086 Prisoners er 2 8 8 10 1 The premier stated that troops were now flow in preparation for forthe forthe forthe the fr front nt and that by earl early winter the Australian expeditionary forces not counting losses would have reached a total of