What did you do in the war, Granddad?

[Tony Smith]

A new book is about to be released on the topic of Venereal Diseases in the Australian Army in the 20th century.

https://www.bigskypublishing.com.au/books/vd/

Long a topic of bawdy humour and embarrassment, I was quite surprised to read of the severity of the problem when it states that "During the twentieth century at least 125,000 Australian soldiers contracted VD while serving in overseas deployments — the equivalent of six World War I infantry divisions." In this respect, it has had a debilitating effect on the fighting capacity of the Army.

Dr Ian Howie-Willis has written several books relating to the Australian Army's RAMC and it's critical influence on the fighting Army. I've not seen any similar books relating to the British or Canadian Armed Services, but believe it would broadly reflect a similar trend through several wars.