Appendix 3: Abbreviations
| A/ | Acting |
| AA&QMG | Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
| AA | Anti-aircraft |
| A | Assistant |
| ABDACOM | American, British, Dutch, Australian Command |
| AG | Adjutant-General |
| AGH | Australian General Hospital |
| AHQ | Army Headquarters |
| APM | Assistant Provost Marshal |
| Armd | Armoured |
| Arty | Artillery |
| A-Tk | Anti-tank |
| AVM | Air Vice-Marshal |
| Bde | Brigade |
| BGS | Brigadier, General Staff |
| BM | Brigade Major |
| Bn | Battalion |
| BRA | Brigadier, Royal Artillery |
| Brig | Brigadier |
| Bty | Battery |
| Capt | Captain |
| Cav | Cavalry |
| CCS | Casualty Clearing Station |
| Cdr | Commander |
| CE | Chief Engineer |
| CGS | Chief of the General Staff |
| C-in-C | Commander-in-Chief |
| Cmdre | Commodore |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| Col | Colonel |
| Comd | Command, Commanded, Commander |
| Comdt | Commandant |
| Coy | Company |
| Cpl | Corporal |
| CRA | Commander, Royal Artillery(of a Division) |
| CRE | Commander, Royal Engineers(of a Division) |
| DAAG | Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General |
| DADOS | Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services |
| D | Deputy, Director |
| DDS&T | Deputy Director of Supply and Transport |
| DGMS | Director-General of Medical Services |
| Div | Division |
| DMI | Director of Military Intelligence |
| DMS | Director of Medical Services |
| DMT | Director of Military Training |
| Dvr | Driver |
| Engrs | Engineers |
| Fd | Field |
| Gen | General |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| Gnr | Gunner |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding |
| Gp | Group |
| GSO1 | General Staff Officer, Grade 1 |
| How | Howitzer |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| IG | Inspector-General |
| Indep | Independent |
| Ind | India, Indian |
| Inf | Infantry |
| Int | Intelligence |
| IO | Intelligence Officer |
| L of C | Lines of Communication |
| L-Cpl | Lance-Corporal |
| LH | Light Horse |
| LHQ | Land Headquarters |
| Lt | Lieutenant |
| MD | Military District |
| ME | Middle East |
| MGGS | Major-General, General Staff |
| MG | Machine-Gun |
| MGO | Master-General of the Ordnance |
| Min | Minister |
| NCO | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| NG | New Guinea |
| Ops | Operations |
| Ord | Ordnance |
| Pdr | Pounder |
| Pte | Private |
| RAP | Regimental Aid Post |
| Regt | Regiment |
| Rfct | Reinforcement |
| RHA | Royal Horse Artillery |
| RMO | Regimental Medical Officer |
| R | Royal |
| RSM | Regimental Sergeant-Major |
| SC | Staff Captain |
| Sgt | Sergeant |
| Spr | Sapper |
| Sqn | Squadron |
| S-Sgt | Stall-Sergeant |
| Svy | Survey |
| SWPA | South-West Pacific Area |
| T/ and Temp | Temporary or Temporarily |
| TAF | Tactical Air Force |
| Tk | Tank |
| Tpr | Trooper |
| Tps | Troops |
| VDC | Volunteer Defence Corps |
| WO | Warrant-Officer |
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