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- ↑ Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1938
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald, August 12, 1995
- ↑ "AUSTRALIA'S PART IN THE WAR". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 16 December 1944. p. 6. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ↑ Copy of film at ABC website
