CasualtyBase Army hospital admissions · 1942–1945

All 1942–1945 files

Admission statistics

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Filters Wound, lacerated × Infantry (or possibly Quartermaster) × Clear all
Admission cards8,451
Recorded as died12
With a place recorded98%

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

Injury (battle status not recorded): 3,983 cards (47.1%) Battle casualty or injury: 4,468 cards (52.9%) 8,451 cards

Outcome

Admissions by month

1,184 0 January 1942: 146 cards 1942 February 1942: 55 cards March 1942: 7 cards April 1942: 3 cards May 1942: 2 cards June 1942: 3 cards July 1942: 10 cards August 1942: 16 cards September 1942: 25 cards October 1942: 30 cards November 1942: 266 cards December 1942: 490 cards January 1943: 291 cards 1943 February 1943: 133 cards March 1943: 320 cards April 1943: 510 cards May 1943: 281 cards June 1943: 40 cards July 1943: 851 cards August 1943: 728 cards September 1943: 580 cards October 1943: 626 cards November 1943: 1,184 cards December 1943: 824 cards January 1944: 0 cards 1944 February 1944: 0 cards March 1944: 0 cards April 1944: 0 cards May 1944: 0 cards June 1944: 0 cards July 1944: 0 cards August 1944: 0 cards September 1944: 0 cards October 1944: 0 cards November 1944: 0 cards December 1944: 0 cards January 1945: 0 cards 1945 February 1945: 0 cards March 1945: 0 cards April 1945: 0 cards May 1945: 0 cards June 1945: 0 cards July 1945: 0 cards August 1945: 0 cards September 1945: 0 cards October 1945: 0 cards November 1945: 0 cards December 1945: 0 cards

1,022 cards have no admission month (some layouts do not record it). 8 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
January 1942146
February 194255
March 19427
April 19423
May 19422
June 19423
July 194210
August 194216
September 194225
October 194230
November 1942266
December 1942490
January 1943291
February 1943133
March 1943320
April 1943510
May 1943281
June 194340
July 1943851
August 1943728
September 1943580
October 1943626
November 19431,184
December 1943824

Where admitted

Recorded on 98% of these cards · 81 distinct values

Primary diagnosis

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values

Cause of injury

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 109 distinct values

Arm or service

Recorded on 100% of these cards · 1 distinct values