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SS 745 Conventional signs employed on maps of the Siegfried Line. (Issued by Second German Army in the Spring of 1917.) Issued by the General Staff, September, 1918.
[Note the content is identical to pages 49-52 of SS 745 Description of the Siegfried* Line. (Issued by Second German in the Spring of 1917 and is even numbered similarly. It appears that the pages were extracted from the the Description and issued under a separate title with the same SS number]

SS 618 German Conventional Signs. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 14th December, 1917

SS 618A German Conventional Signs.–No. 2. General Conventional Signs. For use of Maps. Translation of a Document issued by the Director of Survey, 1–12–1917. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 25th May, 1918.

SS 132 Conventional Signs. G.H.Q., 12th April, 1917

Amendments to SS 133

SS 132 Conventional Signs for use with Artillery Maps. Nov 1916

SS 132 Conventional Signs for use with Artillery Maps. (1/20,000) February, 1918. (Revised Edition.)

All found in AWM27 311/76 - [Intercommunication:] Conventional signs for map illustration (Includes British and German Siegried Line and French mapping symbols)
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3099678

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CDS 367 How a soldier should get his Pay
 

AWM27 367/33 - [Pay and Allowances:] "How a Soldier should get his pay" - Leaflet issued in February 1915
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3102018

SS 373 Instructions for requisitioning and billeting in France and Belgium, issued with GRO 684, 28th February, 1915. G.H.Q., 28-2-1915
 

AWM27 391/7 - [Accommodation:] Instructions for requisitioning and billeting in France and Belgium (Feb 1915)
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3104266
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SS 714 The German Tank "Elfriede." General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 1st June, 1918.
 

AWM27 381/81 - [Ordnance Services - Arms and Ammunition:] Circular - "The German Tank 'Elfriede'" [Includes: notes and diagram] (2 copies) (Jun 1918)
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3409560
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SS 650 German Tank. Sketch of tank used at Villers–Bretonneux on 24th April, 1918. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 5th May, 1918. 
 

AWM27 381/84 - [Ordnance Services - Arms and Ammunition:] Circular - "German Tank, Sketch of Tank used at Villers-Bretonneux on 24 April 1918" (2 copies) (May 1918)
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3409561

enlarged drawing of tank can be found in
AWM27 381/83 - [Ordnance Services - Arms and Ammunition:] Sketch of a German Tank captured on 24 April, South of Villers-Brettonneux (2 copies, plus photostat copy)
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3409559
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SS 601 Supplement (Provisional) to Instructions issued on 8th January, 1916, on the Offensive of Small Units by General Headquarters, Eastern Armies 27th September, 1916. Summarized from the French and issued by the General Staff, December, 1916.

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3409573

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SS 125 Instructions re new small-box respirator. General Staff. August, 1916
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C340956

SS 123 Notes on the Use of Carrier Pigeons in France (Revised Edition.) Issued by the General Staff. August, 1917.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3409585

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CDS 348 Instructions for the use of “Salvus” half–hour breathing apparatus

Found within AWM25 371/81 PART 1 - [Written records, 1914-18 War] Gas. Other Defensive Measures, 1915-1917 (Part 1 of 2)
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3046128

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CDS 303, SS 454, SS 462, SS 544, SS 480, SS 486, SS 466,
SS 485, SS 494, SS 536, SS 478, SS 472, SS 553, SS 553A
SS 703, SS 723, SS 730, SS 218,

Found in multi-bind volume (along with many other operational reports including notes on recent fighting)

Operations: Reports & Lessons  ***Warning 868 MB download***
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2623718
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SS 416 The Effects of Explosives. Being chapter II. of the "Ecole de Mines (Livre de L'officer)."

Found in AWM25 335/8 - [Written records, 1914-18 War] [Explosives and Mines] The effects of Explosives in Mine Warfare (n.d.)
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3044485

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Thanks for your efforts here - appreciated!

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CDS 76 Hints on remedying stoppages in the Lewis Machine Gun.  (Issued by the General Staff at General Headquarters). General Headquarters. October 1915.

Bound within Notes on the area of Ablainzevelle, Achiet-le-Grand, Achiet-le-Petit, Bihucourt, Bucquoy, Gomiecourt and Logeast Wood
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3409583

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