Appendix 3
Abbreviations
---A---
A—-Assistant.
A/—-Acting.
AA--Anti-aircraft.
AA&QMG—-Assistant Adjutant and
Quartermaster-General.
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.
---B---
Bde—-Brigade.
BGS—-Brigadier, General Staff.
BM—-Brigade Major.
Bn—-Battalion.
BRA—-Brigadier, Royal Artillery.
Brig—-Brigadier.
Bty—-Battery.
---C---
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).
---D---
D—-Deputy, Director.
DAAG-—Deputy Assistant Adjutant-
General.
DADOS-—Deputy Assistant Director of
Ordnance Services.
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.
---E---
Engrs—-Engineers.
---F---
Fd—-Field.
---G---
Gen—-General.
Gnr—-Gunner.
GSO1—-General Staff Officer, Grade I.
GHQ—-General Headquarters.
GOC—-General Officer Commanding.
Gp—-Group.
---H---
HQ—-Headquarters.
How—-Howitzer.
---I---
IG—-Inspector-General.
Ind—-India, Indian.
Indep-—Independent.
Inf—-Infantry.
Int—-Intelligence.
IO—-Intelligence Officer.
---J---
---K---
---L---
L-Cpl—-Lance-Corporal.
LH—-Light Horse.
LHQ—-Land Headquarters.
L of C-—Lines of Communication.
Lt—-Lieutenant.
---M---
MD—-Military District.
ME—-Middle East.
MG—-Machine-Gun.
MGGS—-Major-General, General Staff.
MGO—-Master-General of the
Ordnance.
Min-—Minister.
---N---
NCO-—Non-Commissioned Officer.
NG—-New Guinea.
---O---
Ops—-Operations.
Ord-—Ordnance.
---P---
Pdr—-Pounder.
Pte-—Private.
---Q---
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---R---
R—-Royal.
RAP—-Regimental Aid Post.
RHA—-Royal Horse Artillery.
Regt—-Regiment.
Rfct—-Reinforcement.
RMO—-Regimental Medical Officer.
RSM—-Regimental Sergeant-Major.
---S---
SC—-Staff Captain.
Sgt—-Sergeant.
Spr—-Sapper.
Sqn—-Squadron.
S-Sgt-—Staff-Sergeant.
Svy—-Survey.
SWPA—-South-West Pacific Area.
---T---
T/ and Temp-—Temporary or
Temporarily.
TAF—-Tactical Air Force.
Tk—-Tank.
Tpr—-Trooper.
Tps—-Troops.
---U---
---V---
VDC—-Volunteer Defence Corps.
---W---
WO—-Warrant-Officer.
---X---
---Y---
---Z---
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