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Show SOLDIER MORTALITY ! OF AUSTRALIA LARGE SYDNEY, N. S. W., Oct. 2 The rate of mortality among soldiers ab-I ab-I sent from Australia during tho world j I war was approximately seven and three-quarters per cent per annum as I compared with approximately one-' one-' half per cent per annum for a body of men of similar age under normal Australian conditions, according to the report Just issued by the commonwealth com-monwealth statistician. In the calculations all deaths abroad were taken Into consideration except those after discharge from the service. ser-vice. The total deaths abroad wer CS.850 and the number of years of exposure to risk of death abroad was computed at 761,000, which a mortality mortal-ity rate of 77.3 per thousand per annum. an-num. In the South African campaign of 1 899-1902, tho mortality rate for al! British troops was 38.7 a '.housand a eor or loss than 4 per cent a year, while In the Crimean war of 18S4-55, 18S4-55, the mortality among British forces was l&Mi per cent per annum, the statistician's report said. oo |