A |
Acting, Assistant |
AA |
Anti-aircraft |
AA&QMG |
Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
AAMC |
Australian Army Medical Corps |
AASC |
Australian Army Service Corps |
ABDA |
American, British, Dutch, Australian |
a/d |
Aerodrome |
Admin |
Administration, administrative |
ADMS |
Assistant Director Medical Services |
Adv |
Advanced |
AEME |
Australian Electrical Mechanical Engineers |
AF |
Air Force |
AFA |
Australian Field Artillery |
AGH |
Australian General Hospital |
AGT |
Australian General Transport |
AHQ |
Army Headquarters |
AIF |
Australian Imperial Force |
Amb |
Ambulance |
AMF |
Australian Military Forces |
AN&MEF |
Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force |
Angau |
Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit |
Armd |
Armoured |
Arty |
Artillery |
Appts |
Appointments |
ATIS |
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section |
A-Tk |
Anti-tank |
AWAS |
Australian Women’s Army Service |
BBCAU |
British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit |
BCOF |
British Commonwealth Occupation Force |
Bde |
Brigade |
BGS |
Brigadier, General Staff |
BM |
Brigade Major |
Bn |
Battalion |
Brig |
Brigadier |
Bty |
Battery |
Capt |
Captain |
Cav |
Cavalry |
CCS |
Casualty Clearing Station |
Cdo |
Commando |
Cdr |
Commander |
CE |
Chief Engineer |
C-in-C PAC |
Commander-in-Chief Pacific |
CO |
Commanding Officer |
COIC |
Combined Operations Intelligence Centre |
Comd |
Command, Commander, Commanded |
Comdt |
Commandant. |
Con |
Convalescent |
COSC |
Combined Operational Services Command |
Coy |
Company |
CRA |
Commander, Royal Artillery (of a division) |
CRE |
Commander, Royal Engineers (of a division) |
CTF |
Commander Task Force |
Cttee |
Committee |
D |
Deputy, Director, Directorate |
DDMS |
Deputy Director of Medical Services |
DDST |
Deputy Director of Supply and Transport |
DGMS |
Director-General of Medical Services |
Div |
Division |
DMI |
Director of Military Intelligence |
DMO |
Director of Military Operations |
Ech |
Echelon |
Fd |
Field |
FELO |
Far Eastern Liaison Office |
Gen |
General |
GHQ |
General Headquarters |
GOC |
General Officer Commanding |
Gp |
Group |
GSO1 |
General Staff Officer, Grade 1 |
Hist |
Historical |
HQ |
Headquarters |
Hvy |
Heavy |
Hyg |
Hygiene |
i/c |
in command |
Indep |
Independent |
Inf |
Infantry |
IO |
Intelligence Officer |
JW |
Jungle Warfare |
L-Cpl |
Lance-Corporal |
LH |
Light Horse |
LHQ |
Allied Land Forces Headquarters |
LMG |
Light machine-gun |
LO |
Liaison Officer |
L of C |
Lines of Communication |
Lt |
Lieutenant, light |
Maj |
Major |
MD |
Military District |
ME |
Middle East |
Med |
Medium |
MG |
Machine-gun |
MGGS |
Major-General, General Staff |
MGO |
Master General of the Ordnance |
MHR |
Member of the House of Representatives |
Mil |
Military |
MLA |
Member of the Legislative Assembly |
M MG |
Medium machine-gun |
Movt |
Movement |
Mtd |
Mounted |
Mtn |
Mountain |
NG |
New Guinea |
NGIB |
New Guinea Infantry Battalion |
NGVR |
New Guinea Volunteer Rifles |
NT |
Northern Territory |
Ops |
Operations |
OC |
Officer Commanding |
PA |
Personal Assistant |
PIB |
Papuan Infantry Battalion |
PM |
Provost Marshal |
Pnr |
Pioneer |
PR |
Public Relations |
Pro |
Provost |
PW |
Prisoner of War |
R |
Royal |
RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
RAE |
Royal Australian Engineers |
RAETC |
Royal Australian Engineers Training Centre |
RANVR |
Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
RAP |
Regimental Aid Post |
RAR |
Royal Australian Regiment |
Regt |
Regiment |
Rfn |
Rifleman |
Rft |
Reinforcement |
RMO |
Regimental Medical Officer |
RSS&AILA |
Returned Sailors’, Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Imperial League of Australia |
SEAC |
South-East Asia Command |
Sec |
Section, Secretary |
Sgt |
Sergeant |
Sig |
Signals, Signalman |
SOPAC |
South Pacific (Command) |
Spr |
Sapper |
Sqn |
Squadron |
S-Sgt |
Staff-Sergeant |
SWPA |
South-West Pacific Area |
Tk |
Tank |
Trg |
Training |
Tpr |
Trooper |
Tps |
Troops |
UK |
United Kingdom |
USASOS |
United States Army Services of Supply |
VDC |
Volunteer Defence Corps |
W |
Wing |
WO1 |
Warrant-Officer, Class 1 |
Yeo |
Yeomanry |