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- ↑ "38 Brigade". Order of Battle. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ↑ "38 Infantry Brigade Subordanates". Order of Battle. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2009.