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- ↑ Ewer, Peter (2008). Forgotten Anzacs: The Campaign in Greece, 1941, Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, ISBN 1921215291.
- ↑ Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment History
- ↑ An authoritative source for New Zealand administrative corps from 1911-1991 is Malcolm Thomas and Cliff Lord, Parts One/Two "New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911-1991," ISBN 0-473-03288-0.
- ↑ An authoritative source for New Zealand administrative corps from 1911-1991 is Malcolm Thomas and Cliff Lord, Parts One/Two "New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911-1991," ISBN 0-473-03288-0.
- ↑ Africa and the Second World War, editors David Killingray, Richard Rathbone, Macmillan, 1986
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