As a very junior Rupert in an RA Regiment in Hong Kong, I was responsible for a water trailer (£500, nearly 6 month's pay) which went missing while in my charge.
The Quartermaster was sympathetic, unusually, and on his next return of items "Beyond Economical Repair, Scrapped Locally" he included a Bottle, Water.
He waited for about 6 months to allow the paperwork to go through the system and into storage.
Then he sent a Correction to the return, ie "Item No nnnn/xxxx/nnnn/date - for Bottle, read Trailer". Weeks later, a bored depot clerk clipped that to the original return, and the QM struck the Trailer, Water from my inventory, just before the next Admin Inspection.
I'm sorry, Ma'am, but needs must.