§ Major EDWARD WOOD (by Private Notice)asked the Secretary of State for War if he will say what are the number of Australian, Canadian, and South African troops, respectively, who have been returned to their respective countries since the commencement of the Armistice?
Captain GUESTI asked my hon. and gallant Friend to repeat this question, as I regret to say there were inaccuracies in. some of the figures in the answer given on Monday. It should also have been pointed out that the figures for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand included men in process of repatriation who have been evacuated from France and are en route viâ the United Kingdom, and that the South African total included men repatriated direct from East Africa to South Africa. The detailed figures are as follows:
| Total. | ||
| Canada— | ||
| Returned to Canada | 73,439 | |
| Evacuated from France and en route via United Kingdom | 43,671 | |
| 117,110 | ||
| Australia— | ||
| Returned to Australia (including 1,582 repatriated direct from Egypt) | 42,982 | |
| Evacuated from France and en route via United Kingdom | 22,172 | |
| 65,154 | ||
| New Zealand— | ||
| Returned to New Zealand (including 932 repatriated direct from Egypt) | 17,243 | |
| Evacuated from France and en route via United Kingdom | 8,962 | |
| 26,205 | ||
| South Africa— | ||
| 4,816 repatriated, of whom 3,807 were repatriated from East Africa. |