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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/galleries/72157645141750245 Photographs: Salute to the Gurkhas] flickr.com (retrieved 18 June 2014)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150304120617/http://colensostudy.id.au/John%20Eric%20Colenso%20-%20a%20british%20gurkha%2002.pdf ''John Eric Colenso: British Officer in the Gurkha Rifles''] by Ann Collins 24th August 2014. now an archived webpage. colensostudy.id.au. He was appointed to the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in 1907 and seconded to the Burma Military Police (BMP) in1909. During WW1 was with the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in Egypt and then on the Western Front with the 2/39th Garhwal Rifles, and then with the 2nd/2nd Gurkhas. Back in India, he took part in the 3rd Afghan War with the 2/7th Gurkhas and was then with the BMP 1919- c 1922, when he was transferred to the 3rd Gurkha Rifles and took part in the actions in Waziristan 1922-1923. He retired in 1932
*Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaLdPDgTspQ&index=88&list=PLXvkgGofjDzi-fROZSBN3p-CKeaZIc-Ue. Delhi to the North West Frontier (1935)]. Film "Bt. Gurkha Rifles leaving Abbottabad for Waziristan" commences at 13.01 minutes. YouTube video, British Film Institute Collection.
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