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- 1 2 "No. 30040". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 April 1917. p. 4077.
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- ↑ "No. 31678". The London Gazette . 9 December 1919. pp. 15196–7.
- ↑ "No. 31539". The London Gazette . 5 September 1919. p. 11245.