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- ↑ "The South Alberta Light Horse". Official Lineages: Volume 3, Part 1: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments – Armour Regiments. Directorate of History and Heritage. June 11, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ↑ Appendix to General Order No. 123 of 1929
- ↑ Lasiuta, Tim (4 November 2014). "St. Mark's church holds fascinating key to past". Innisfail Province. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.