AT least one in eight Australian soldiers who served in Afghanistan suffered a non-combat related injury or physical or mental illness between 2005 and October 2012.
A senior soldier welfare advocate said a 12.5 per cent casualty rate would not be tolerated in any other workplace or workforce.
"The employer would be held to account," the national president of the Defence Force Welfare Association, David Jamison, told Fairfax Media.
"There would be a royal commission or a judicial inquiry."
According to the figures released by the Australian Defence Force, 18,206 soldiers have served in that time.
The number peaked in 2009 with 851 defence force members - almost one in five - reporting non-combat related illnesses or injuries.
The spike was blamed on "confusion", which led to under-reporting prior to 2009.
According to ADF, of the 3,841 workplace health and safety incidents in Afghanistan, 2,276 had resulted in injury or illness.
Many of the reported injuries and illnesses were minor, including cuts, colds and gastro-enteritis.
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