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- ↑ "Wartime general caught in a trap". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 1973. p. 41. accessed 26 June 2013
- ↑ TV Week Logie Awards 1974 Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 26 June 2013
- ↑ "Black and white's big 4 repeated". The Age. 20 February 1975. p. 36.
- ↑ "A medal for the general". The Sun Herald. 30 September 1973. p. 81.
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