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[http://www.archive.org/stream/punjabdisturbanc01lahouoft#page/20/mode/2up/search/Rifles ''Punjab disturbances, April 1919; compiled from the Civil and military gazette''], 1919 Archive.org, page 20 indicates that the 3rd Punjab Rifles were on the strength of the Command set up at Lahore to deal with the emergency created by the outbreak of disorder.
The Punjab Rifles had an Armoured Train Section . <ref> “Waters from Ireland - to Bengal - to New Zealand “ by Neville Thomas FIBIS Journal No 23 (Spring 2010), page 4 indicates that Henry Vincent Osmond Waters was a member. </ref>
By 1936, they comprised Headquarters and two Companies of infantry, and two light mortar platoons and were administered as a part of the Punjab Contingent. <ref>[http://shankardubai.tripod.com/halwaters.htm The Henry (Hal) V.O. Waters Photo Collection] </ref>
==External links==
*[http://shankardubai.tripod.com/halwaters.htm The Henry (Hal) V.O. Waters Photo Collection] has a photograph of the Punjab Rifles (IDF) Armoured Train Section Mochalpura Moghalpura 1919. Scroll down to no 18. From Terry Case’s [http://shankardubai.tripod.com/nwrhome.htm North Western Railway]
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