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- ↑ The Cyprus Gazette (12 June 1908), 6537. http://cypruslibrary.moec.gov.cy/ebooks/The_Cyprus_Gazette_1908/files/gazette%201908w.pdf
- ↑ The Cyprus Gazette (1918) http://arsiv.kamunet.net/cyp%20gzt%20index/Cyprus%20Gazette%201918.pdf Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The London Gazette (3 June 1927) https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33280/supplement/3607/data.pdf
- ↑ National Archives, 'Colonial Office Honours List' (1927) http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10149412
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