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"Contents: [v.1]. 26th June 1916 _ v.2. 24th January 1917 _ v.3. 31st December 1917 _ v.4. 30th June 1918 _ v.5. 31st December 1918". The shelfmark is OIR 355.37 Open Access. There are also the records, Applications for appointments to the India Army Reserve of Officers (1916-1918) IOR/L/MIL/9/552 to IOR/L/MIL/9/552. Search by name, for link see section Records.
:[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1039&s_id=176# FIBIS database: A List of Officers (I.A.R.O.) recruited to or Re-engaged during the Year 1916 and up to the middle of January 1917]
For conditions of service, see the letters of Thomas Gilbert, in [[Indian Army#External links|External links]], below.
===The Army in Burma Reserve of Officers (A.B.R.O.)===
The commencement of the ABRO is not on record; a suggested date is the separation of India and Burma in 1937. See [[Indian Army#External links|External links]] below.
*[http://swarajyamag.com/ideas/how-indian-officers-came-to-be-recruited-for-the-rajs-army "How The British Raj’s Army Opened Its Doors For ‘Indian’ Officers"] by Srinath Raghavan June 26, 2016 swarajyamag.com. Includes mention of the establishment of the Royal Indian Military Academy in Dehradun in October 1932.
*[http://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/abro-overview.html The Army in Burma Reserve of Officers (A.B.R.O.)] by Vivian Rodrigues. angloburmeselibrary.com
*[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/prg/PRG266_7_1-150_Gilbert_letters_transcript.pdf Letters written by Thomas Gilbert] to his parents and other family members, chiefly from India. State Library of South Australia. [http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au:80/record=b2187028~S1 Catalogue link].
:Page 12. 13 June 1915. He is not allowed to join the Indian Army Officers reserve; Page 28. 18.6.16. Indian Army Reserve of Officers; Page 33. Conditions of Service for IARO; Page 34. 7.8.16 Attached to 27th Light Cavalry at Lucknow; Page 49. At the end of 1916 he joined the Royal Flying Corps.
*[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/lt-col-r-banks/ Audio: 1980 Interview Lt Col R. Banks], with [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/082.pdf transcript] Indian Army life and career 1914-c 1937 Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. He transferred to the Indian Army in 1917, initially he was with the [[15th (Ludhiana) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|15th Sikhs]], then joined the Judge Advocate General’s Department, part of the Indian Army dealing with court martial work, military law and any uprisings, and subsequently officiated as Judge Advocate General in India, until he was medically retired in 1937 (rabies related). His experience with riots resulted in an appointment to Palestine c 1938-39.
*[http://www.indian-tales.com/pages0-9.asp ''Indian Tales''] by Patrick O‘Meara (born 1930) describes his childhood in India, spent in Army cantonments. His father was in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC). Indian-tales.com
