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*[https://archive.org/details/ruralsanitationi00wats ''Rural sanitation in the tropics : being notes and observations in the Malay Archipelago, Panama and other lands''] by Sir Malcolm Watson 1915 Archive.org. There is a chapter on Sumatra relating to malaria.
*[https://archive.org/details/lauterbachofchin00lowe ''Lauterbach of the China Sea : the Escapes and Adventures of a Seagoing Falstaff''] by Lowell Thomas, 1930 Archive.org. During WW1 Julius Lauterbach was navigator on the German SMS Emden and subsequently was a prisoner in Singapore at Tangling prison camp [https://archive.org/stream/lauterbachofchin00lowe#page/94/mode/2up page 95], and helped ferment dissatisfaction which led to the 1915 Singapore Mutiny, during which he escaped and fled, initially to Sumatra.
*[https://www.army.gov.au/our-heritage/history/primary-materials/1919-1938-between-wars ''Military Report on the Netherlands’ Possessions in the East Indies''] Prepared by the General Staff, War Office 1919. Website Previously available from the website of the Australian Army, located under Our Heritage/ History/Primary Materials/1919 to 1938 - Between the Wars/Documents. This appears to be an internal British Army document which is marked Confidential. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190409095125/https://www.army.gov.au/sites/g/files/net1846/f/military_report_on_the_netherlands_possessions_in_the_east_indies_1919_0.pdf Direct link], now archived.
*[https://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=389234 ''The Netherlands Indies and the Great War, 1914-1918''] by Kees van Dijk 2007. ''Open Access'' oapen.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924062748995 ''A Manual of Netherlands India (Dutch East Indies)''] by Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty. HMSO 1920. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/fromsiamtosuez010141mbp ''From Siam to Suez''] by James Saxon Childers 1932 Archive.org. The author travelled to Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma and India.
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2724 ''Malayan Symphony : Being the Impressions Gathered During a Six Months' journey Through the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Siam, Sumatra, Java and Bali''] by William Robert Foran 1935. Pdf download, Repositori Digital, National Library of Malaysia. Probably sample pages only, and could be very few. Searchable, but not viewable, on [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001255884 HathiTrust Digital Library] and [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RXhCAAAAIAAJ Google Books].[https://www.shakariconnection.com/w-robert-foran-books.html About the author] shakariconnection.com
*[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/1/38285 ''Belle of Bali being impressions of a pleasure cruise to the Dutch East Indies via Cochin, Colombo, Penang, and Singapore''] by Ardaser Sorabjee N. Wadia 1936. Link to a pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India.
*[https://archive.org/details/netherlandsindia0000furn/page/n5/mode/2up ''Netherlands India : a study of plural economy''] by J S Furnivall, (John Sydenham), late Indian Civil Service Burma. 1939 reprinted 1967. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/islesofspice00clun ''Isles of Spice''] by Frank Clune 1942. Archive.org Lending Library. A trip in 1939.
*[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/35900 ''French View of the Netherlands Indies''] by G.H. Bousquet ; translated from the French by Philip E. Lilienthal 1940. Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:398969 ''Netherlands Overseas Territories''] published by The Royal Institute of International Affairs. Information Department Papers No. 28. July 1941. Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections (Collection Caribbean Sources). Mainly about Indonesia.
*[https://archive.org/details/APocketGuideToTheNetherlandsEastIndies ''A Pocket Guide to the Netherlands East Indies''] by United States Army Service Forces, Special Service Division. 1943 Archive.org. Select one page option if viewing online. [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/pocket-guide-netherlands-east-indies.html Transcribed version] history.navy.mil/research/library.
