Australia's Armed Forces
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WHEN the war ended in August, with the surrender of Japan, the statis tics relating to the Australian Armed Forces were:—
Wing-Commander John Turner re cently rejoined his wife and daughter in Australia after several years in charge of RNZAF stations in the Dominion and the Pacific. He might eventually return to New Guinea, where he was one of the first to freight dredges in to the Morobe goldfield. After leaving New Guinea he was a Union Airlines pilot in New Zea land.
Killed Wounded Missing Army 13,360 36.064 3,823 Navy 1.547 550 439 Air Force ... 1,768 Totals 23.365 39.803 6,030 Total Enlisted Decorations Army 6,007 Navy 866 Air Force 175,000 4.161 680,000 11,034