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*Birth, marriage and death notices may have been published in Singapore newspapers. See [[Singapore#Newspapers|Singapore - Newspapers]] for details of free online Singapore newspapers.
*Birth, marriage and death notices may have been published in other publications, such as ''The Directory & Chronicle for China etc'' or ''The London and China Telegraph'', refer Historical books online below.
*MyRepositori, website of the National Library of Malaysia, see Historical books online below, includes some historical Malaysian newspapers in English, although titles and dates are unclear, but include ''The Malay Mail'' and the ''Sunday Mail'' 1940s and 1950s. There is a [https://upnih.pnm.gov.my/myrepo-public/welcome Search] which includes a Full Text Search, but you must select this option.
*[[BACSA]] have published the following books, which are available at the [[British Library]] as noted:
**''Ipoh and Taiping: War Graves and Graves of Europeans in the Cemeteries in Ipoh and Taiping, Perak, Malaysia'' by Justin Corfield, 2000. 108pp, 27 illustrations and plan. UIN: BLL01009531255
*National Library of Malaysia, currently (11 Oct. 2020) appears to have two digital websites, what perhaps may be termed an older, and a newer. It is unclear whether eventually all the content will migrate to the newer website, but currently there is content on the old website which goes not appear on the new.
:[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my Repositori Digital] older website. A number of the English language books are in the category [http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/1/111/browse Koleksi Peribadi].
:[https://upnih.pnm.gov.my/myrepo-public/welcome MyRepositori] Newer website. Many of the English books appear in Collections: Khazanah Warisan Negara/Malaysiana/Koleksi Khas/ [https://upnih.pnm.gov.my/myrepo-public/welcome/content/browse-content/collection/12 Koleksi Nadir] and [https://upnih.pnm.gov.my/myrepo-public/welcome/content/browse-content/collection/11 Koleksi Peribadi]. There are also some online English language newspapers in the collection Surat Khabar.
:For both websites, book files are available as pdfs. It does not appear possible to browse the English language books as a distinct category. For some books the “date of issue” appears to be the digitization date, rather than the date of publication. [http://www.aseanlibrary.org ASEAN Digital Library] contains some content from the National Library of Malaysia, and can be searched by language.
:'''Some downloads of books are sample pages only, or even title page only, but this may not be apparent from the catalogue entry. This appears to be a frequent situation for books, although articles appear to be fully available'''.
*[https://archive.org/details/NotesOnJapaneseWarfareOnTheMalayanFront/page/n1/mode/2up ''Notes on Japanese Warfare on the Malayan Front''] Information Bulletin no. 6, 9 January 1942 by [USA] War Department, Military Intelligence Division. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofmalayan0000purc/page/n5 ''The Memoirs of a Malayan Official''] by Victor Purcell 1965 Archive.org Lending Library. Purcell was a member of the Malayan Civil Service 1921-46. The initial chapters are about his WW1 service in the British Army on the [[Western Front]].
:Purcell was also the author of ''Malaya : Outline of a Colony'' 1946, available at the British Library UIN: BLL01003009266 . Also available [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006530445 HathiTrust Digital Library] for those with University access.
*''The War in Malaya'' by Lt-Gen A E Percival 1949. Available as a pdf download from [http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm Sejarah Melayu Library], refer above. Located under General. Scroll down the alphabetical list to T.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.35260 ''Malaya and its History''] by Sir Richard Winstedt, formerly of the Malayan Civil Service and Reader in Malay, University of London. 2nd edition, revised 1951, first published 1947. Archive.org.
