CONTENTS
Prologue Egypt 1915: a military, medical, and moral problem
PART I
Chapter 1 William Birdwood, William Bridges, and Charles Bean: sodden with drink or rotten from women
Chapter 2 James Barrett and John Brady Nash: the isolation-detention barracks at Abbassia
Chapter 3 The Voyage of the Wiltshire: la nef des fous
Chapter 4 Robert Williams and Walter Conder: the isolation-detention barracks at Langwarrin
PART II
Chapter 5 Ernest Dunbar, John Dunbar, and John Beech: O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!
Chapter 6 Maurice Buckley and Gerald Sexton: the great Sergeant Buckley, VC, DCM
Chapter 7 Richard Waltham and Harold Glading: the secrets of the dead
Chapter 8 Albert Crozier and Michael Willis: just a silly streak — he was young at the time
PART III
Chapter 9 Graham Butler and John Cumpston: Australia receives a shock
Chapter 10 Major Conder and the End of Langwarrin: a triumph of science and sympathy over righteousness
Appendixes
A Misconduct, Bravery, VD, and VCs
B Preventing, Curing, and Testing for Venereal Diseases in the Australian Army, 1914–1919