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* "Mr. Noel Monks", The ''Times'', 20 June 1960, p. 16 * https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/noel-monks {{DEFAULTSORT:Monks, Noel 1907 births 1960 deaths Australian journalists British journalists Australian war correspondents British war correspondents War correspondents of the Spanish Civil War British people of the Spanish Civil War Australian people of the Spanish Civil War