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***''The Campaign in German South West Africa, 1914-1915'' by John Johnston Collyer. Pretoria: Govt. Printer, 1937. The Official S A history. Now available online, see below.
*** ''The South Africans with General Smuts in German East Africa, 1916 etc'' by John Johnston Collyer. Pretoria: Govt. Printer, 1939. The Official S A history. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01000749863 and in a 2004 reprint edition by Imperial War Museums/Battery PressNow available online, see below.
===Photographs===
*[https://oncallinafrica.com/photos/ Photo page] from ''On Call In Africa 1910-1932 Dr Norman Parsons Jewell in Seychelles and East Africa''. Scroll down for a link to the photographs on the Mary Evans Picture Library, including WW1 war photos which commence image 25, page 3, or [http://www.maryevans.com//lb.php?ref=36057 direct link]. [https://oncallinafrica.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/dr-np-jewell-on-call-in-africa-photo-collection.pdf Catalogue details for the photographs]. Dr Norman Parsons Jewell served as a Medical Officer with the British Army East African Medical Service throughout the First World War in East Africa and was awarded the Military Cross.
:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=12 Contents] page viii; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=629 General Index] page 583; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=643 Index to Arms, Formations and Units] page 597; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=651 Maps at end of book], after page 603.
:Also available [https://archive.org/details/military-operations-east-africa/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ULwiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR1 Google Books].
*[https://archive.org/details/southafricansgeneralsmuts/page/n1/mode/2up ''The South Africans with General Smuts in German East Africa 1916''] by Brigadier-General J J Collyer, originally published 1939. Archive.org. Generally considered to be the "Official" South African account.
*[https://archive.org/details/tiprununtoldtrag0000paic/mode/2up ''Tip and Run. The Untold Tragedy of the Great War in Africa''] by Edward Paice 2008 edition, first published 2007. Archive.org Books to Borrow.
: Also published in USA with the title [https://archive.org/details/worldwariafrican0000paic_e4i2/mode/2up ''World War I : the African Front''] with additional cover title ''An Imperial War on the African Continent'' 2010. Archive.org Books to Borrow.
:[https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/SouthAfrica/Sappers-I/Sappers-1.html Chapter 1] ''Salute the Sappers'' by Neil Orpen with H.J. Martin. Series ''South African Forces World War II'', Volume 8, Part 1. Published Johannesburg : Sappers Association, c1981-c1982. Details the formation of the S.A. Signal Company, R. E., and other South African Engineer units who served in France and East Africa. Transcription from ibiblio.org/hyperwar.
* ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II'' by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284463 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes the First World War period, with a chapter on East Africa.
**There are :[https://archive.org/details/eastafricamotorlorry/page/n9/mode/2up ''East Africa by Motor Lorry. Recollections of an Ex-Motor Transport Driver''] by W W Campbell 1928 Archive.org :Campbell's account is one of two known ASC MT Driver memoirs.<ref>Gardenerbill. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/223499-mt-driver-memoir-is-there-one/ MT Driver Memoir Is there one?] ''Great War Forum'' 19 January 2015 et al. Retrieved 5 June 2018. There is mention of ''East Africa by Motor Lorry'' by W W Campbell [William Wallace], now available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01000586760 (1928) online and ''With the Motor Transport in British East Africa'' by Sgt. William. E. W. Terrell, c 1920, available at the BL UIN: BLL01003601763. The first title is available in a [https://gweaa.com/product/east-africa-by-motor-lorry-ww-campbell/ reprint edition, with additional content, from "The Great War in Africa Association"], originally published 1927.</ref>
* ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War'' by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274726 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India . Includes a chapter on East Africa.
*''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org. [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n273/mode/2up "East Africa"], page 253.
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