the untold story of venereal disease in the Australian army, 1914–1919
by
Raden Dunbar
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 NIB: ANZAC CENTENARY LITERARY PRIZE
Here is a truly astonishing statistic: during World War I, about 60,000 soldiers in the Australian army were treated by army doctors in Egypt, Europe, and Australia for venereal diseases — almost the same number of diggers who were...