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*[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P02317.025/ Photograph: Persia. 1918. A convoy of over ten Ford vans formed up ready for departure] Australian War Memorial.
*[http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2014/11/11/indians-in-the-middle-east-the-forgotten-soldiers-of-the-first-world-war/ Indians in the Middle East: The forgotten soldiers of the First World War] by Vedika Kant. Mentions Indian Soldiers buried in Istanbul’s Haydarpaşa English Cemetery. Although the text says these are POW deaths, a comment by Adil dated August 17, 2015 says “The Haidar Pasha Memorial largely commemorates Indians who died post the Armistice and most casualties are from the Army of the Black Sea”. LSE South Asia Centre, London School of Economics.
*[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/col-j-s-lord/ 1975 interview], with [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/068a.pdf transcript 1] and [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/068b.pdf transcript 2], with Colonel J.S. Lord, Indian Army Officer, 124th Baluchistan Infantry. Colonel Lord tells of his experiences of the Army in India and Persia during the First World War, including a anecdote of the infamous influenza. He refers to actions around Bushire which involved Wassmuss, the “German Lawrence” [who was the German Consul at Bushire], see [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19190628.2.132 "Where Is Wassmuss ?"] paperspast.natlib.govt.nz ''Auckland Star'', 28 June 1919.
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