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Kōrero: Sexual health

Codford Hospital, England

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Codford Hospital, England

During the First World War, some New Zealand soldiers with venereal disease were sent to Codford Hospital in Wiltshire, England, for treatment. The hospital, which was opposite Codford Camp (where 2,400 New Zealanders were stationed) and close to the New Zealand Training Depot at Sling on Salisbury Plain, became part of the New Zealand base.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAAC 898 11 NCWA 510

by Frederick Herbert Cumberworth

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jane Tolerton, Sexual health – Sexual health, 1914–1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/27202/codford-hospital-england (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jane Tolerton, i tāngia i te 30 March 2011.