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Abbreviations used on this
site |
| AA |
Anti-aircraft |
|
Australian Army when used in the context of an Arm of Service title |
|
Aust. Archives when used
in the context of a reference source |
| AAA |
Anti-aircraft artillery |
| AACC |
Australian Army Catering Corps |
| AACS |
Australian Army Canteens Service |
| AADC |
Australian Army Dental Corps |
| AAG |
Assistant Adjutant-General |
| AAH |
Australian Auxiliary Hospital |
| AALC |
Australian Army Legal Corps |
| AALD |
Australian Army Legal Department |
| AAMC |
Australian Army Medical Corps |
| AAMWS |
Australian Army Medical Women's Service |
| AANS |
Australian Army Nursing Service |
| AAO |
Australian Army Order/s |
| AAOC |
Australian Army Ordnance Corps |
| AAPC |
Australian Army Pay Corps |
| AAP&SS |
Australian Army Printing and Stationery Service |
| AASC |
Australian Army Service Corps |
| AASL |
Anti-aircraft Searchlight |
| AAVC |
Australian Army Veterinary Corps |
| ADCS |
Australian Defence Canteens Service |
| ADH |
Australian Dermatological Hospital |
| Admin. |
Administrative |
| AE |
Corps of Australian Engineers |
| AEME |
Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| AFA |
Australian Field Artillery |
| AFC |
Australian Flying Corps |
| AG |
Adjutant-General |
| AGA |
Australian Garrison Artillery |
| AGH |
Australian General Hospital |
| AHQ |
Army Headquarters |
| AIF |
Australian Imperial Force |
| AIFO |
Australian Imperial Force Order/s |
| AIC |
Australian Instructional Corps |
| AMF |
Australian Military Forces |
| ANGAU |
Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit |
| AN&MEF |
Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force |
| ANZAC |
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| AQMG |
Assistant Quartermaster-General |
| ARCS |
Australian Red Cross Society Field Force |
| Arty |
Artillery |
| Aust. |
Australia or Australian |
| AWAS |
Australian Women's Army Service |
| AWM |
Australian War Memorial |
| Bchy |
Butchery |
| BCFK |
British Commonwealth Force Korea |
| BCOF |
British Commonwealth Occupation Force |
| Bde |
Brigade |
| BGRO |
Broad Gauge Railway Operating |
| BIPOD |
Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot |
| Bky |
Bakery |
| Bty |
Battery |
| CA |
Coast Artillery |
| CASL |
Coast Artillery Searchlight |
| CCF |
Commonwealth Clothing Factory |
| CCS |
Casualty Clearing Station |
| CGS |
Chief of the General Staff (Australian Section, Imperial
G.S.) |
| C-in-C |
Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces |
| CM |
Circular Memorandum |
| CMF |
Citizen Military Forces |
| CO |
Commanding Officer |
| Coy |
Company |
| CRS |
Commonwealth Record Series |
| CSO |
Chief Signal Officer |
| DAC |
Divisional Ammunition Column |
| DADEME |
Deputy Assistant Director Electrical and Mechanical Engineering |
| DAG |
Deputy Adjutant-General |
| DAPS |
Director of Army Postal Services |
| DE & OS |
Director of Equipment and Ordnance Services |
| DEMS |
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship |
| DGS&C |
Director of General Stores and Clothing |
| DID |
Detail Issues Depot |
| Div. Inst. |
Divisional Instruction |
| DMF |
Darwin Mobile Force |
| DMGO |
Deputy Master-General of the Ordnance |
| DOS |
Director of Ordnance Services |
| DPS |
Director of Personnel Services |
| DS |
Dismounted Service |
| DSD |
Directorate of Staff Duties |
| DUS |
Depot Unit of Supply |
| DW & VT |
Director of Welfare and Vocational Training |
| FA |
Field Artillery |
| Fd |
Field |
| Frt |
Fortress |
| GHQ |
General Headquarters (Australia) |
| GO |
General Order/s |
| GOC |
General Officer Commanding |
| GRO |
General Routine Order/s |
| Gm |
Garrison |
| HAA |
Heavy Anti-aircraft |
| HAC |
Honourable Artillery Company |
| HE |
Higher establishment (in relation to War Establishment) |
| How. |
Howitzer |
| HQ |
Headquarters |
| HTM |
Heavy Trench Mortar |
| IOM |
Inspector of Ordnance Machinery |
| KD |
Khaki Drill |
| LAA |
Light Anti-aircraft |
| LH |
Light Horse |
| LHQ |
Headquarters Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area
(WW2) |
| L of C |
Line of Communication |
| LRO |
Light Railway Operating |
| (M) |
Militia |
| MBI |
Military Board Instruction/s |
| MD |
Military District |
| MGRA |
Major-General, Royal Artillery |
| MGO |
Master-General of the Ordnance |
| MO |
Military Order/s |
| MS |
Mounted Service |
| MT |
Motor Transport |
| Mtd |
Mounted |
| MTM |
Medium trench mortar |
| NCO |
non-commissioned officer |
| NG |
New Guinea |
| NSW |
New South Wales |
| NT |
Northern Territory |
| NZ |
New Zealand |
| NZEF |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| Orbat |
Order of Battle |
| (P) |
Permanent (in the context of PMF) |
| para. |
paragraph |
| para |
Parachute/Parachutist |
| PMF |
Permanent Military Forces |
| PMG |
Postmaster-General |
| QMG |
Quartermaster-General |
| RAA |
Royal Australian Artillery |
| RAAC |
Royal Australian Armoured Corps |
| RAAHS |
Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society |
| RAE |
Royal Australian Engineers |
| RAFA |
Royal Australian Field Artillery |
| RAGA |
Royal Australian Garrison Artillery |
| RE |
Royal Engineers |
| RFC |
Royal Flying Corps |
| RGA |
Royal Garrison Artillery |
| RHA(TF) |
Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force) |
| RO |
Routine Order/s (Part 1: unit instructions and administration; |
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Part II: personnel postings and promotions, etc.) |
| S&T |
Supplies and Transport (Directorate of) |
| SD |
Service Dress |
| so |
Standing Order/s (Dress or Clothing) |
| SO-in-C |
Signal Officer-in-Chief |
| VA |
Voluntary Aid |
| VAD |
Voluntary Aid Detachments |
| VDC |
Volunteer Defence Corps |
| WA |
Western Australia |
| WE |
War Establishment |
| WSS |
Wireless Signal Squadron |
