CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound(s), penetrating (point of entrance only: includes incised, puncture or stab wound) with no nerve or artery involvement × Clear all
Admission cards117,439
Recorded as died3,718
With a place recorded100%

Counts are admission cards, not individual soldiers or totals. The Army kept battle casualties at 100% and sampled other admissions at 20–80%, and sampling differs by year — compare shares within a year, not raw counts across years.

Type of case

Disease: 34 cards (0.0%) Non-battle injury: 2,196 cards (1.9%) Battle casualty or injury: 115,209 cards (98.1%) 117,439 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

23,084 0 January 1942: 0 cards 1942 February 1942: 0 cards March 1942: 0 cards April 1942: 0 cards May 1942: 0 cards June 1942: 0 cards July 1942: 0 cards August 1942: 0 cards September 1942: 0 cards October 1942: 0 cards November 1942: 0 cards December 1942: 0 cards January 1943: 0 cards 1943 February 1943: 2 cards March 1943: 0 cards April 1943: 0 cards May 1943: 0 cards June 1943: 0 cards July 1943: 0 cards August 1943: 0 cards September 1943: 0 cards October 1943: 0 cards November 1943: 0 cards December 1943: 0 cards January 1944: 18 cards 1944 February 1944: 8 cards March 1944: 5 cards April 1944: 5 cards May 1944: 6 cards June 1944: 1,112 cards July 1944: 3,400 cards August 1944: 3,287 cards September 1944: 5,257 cards October 1944: 5,920 cards November 1944: 19,068 cards December 1944: 23,084 cards January 1945: 13,891 cards 1945 February 1945: 11,203 cards March 1945: 16,349 cards April 1945: 12,600 cards May 1945: 1,279 cards June 1945: 412 cards July 1945: 209 cards August 1945: 98 cards September 1945: 97 cards October 1945: 54 cards November 1945: 41 cards December 1945: 29 cards

3 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 2 cards record an admission before 1942 (men already in hospital) or a year outside the files, and are not charted.

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MonthCards
February 19432
January 194418
February 19448
March 19445
April 19445
May 19446
June 19441,112
July 19443,400
August 19443,287
September 19445,257
October 19445,920
November 194419,068
December 194423,084
January 194513,891
February 194511,203
March 194516,349
April 194512,600
May 19451,279
June 1945412
July 1945209
August 194598
September 194597
October 194554
November 194541
December 194529

Where admitted

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 114 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 50 distinct values