This is a list of the most common abbreviations used in World War I and World War II service records held by the National Archives.
Abbreviation |
Definition |
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AAH |
Australian Auxiliary Hospital |
AAMC |
Australian Army Medical Corps |
AANS |
Australian Army Nursing Service |
AASC |
Australian Army Service Corps |
AB/Dvr |
Able Bodied Driver |
ADBD |
Australian Divisional Base Depot |
ADH |
Australian Dermatological Hospital |
AFA |
Australian Field Artillery |
AFC |
Australian Flying Corps |
AGBD |
Australian General Base Depot |
AGH |
Australian General Hospital |
AIBD |
Australian Infantry Base Depot |
AIF (1st AIF) |
Australian Imperial Force (WWI) |
AIF (2nd AIF) |
Australian Imperial Force (WWII) |
AL Rwy |
Australian Light Railway |
AM |
Aircraft Mechanic |
AMGBD |
Australian Machine Gun Base Depot |
AMTS |
Australian Mechanical Transport Service |
AN&MEF |
Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force |
AOC |
Army Ordnance Corps |
Arty |
Artillery |
ASC |
Army Service Corps |
ASH |
Australian Stationary Hospital also Australian Special Hospital |
AVES |
Australian Veterinary Evacuating Station |
AVH |
Australian Veterinary Hospital |
AWL |
Absent without Leave |
BEF |
British Expeditionary Force |
Bde |
Brigade |
BGROC |
Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company |
Bn |
Battalion |
Bty |
Battery |
CCS |
Casualty Clearing Station |
Con Dep |
Convalescent Depot |
Coy |
Company |
Cpl |
Corporal |
Cps |
Corps |
Cpt |
Captain |
Cyc |
Cyclist |
DAC |
Division Ammunition Column also Division Artillery Column |
DCM |
District Court Martial |
DD |
Details Depot |
Den Cps |
Dental Corps |
Div |
Division |
DSC |
Divisional Supply Column |
EEF |
Egyptian Expeditionary Force |
EMM&B Coy |
Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company |
Engrs |
Engineers |
F Amb |
Field Ambulance |
FAB |
Field Artillery Brigade |
Far |
Farrier |
FCE |
Field Company Engineers |
FTD |
Full-time duty |
GDD |
General Details Depot |
GSR |
General Service Reinforcements |
GSW |
Gun Shot Wound |
HMAT |
His Majesty's Australian Transport |
HS |
Hospital Ship |
HT |
Hired Transport also Horsed Transport |
ICC |
Imperial Camel Corps |
Inf |
Infantry |
LGROC |
Light Gauge Railway Operating Company |
LH Bde |
Light Horse Brigade |
LHFA |
Light Horse Field Ambulance |
LHR |
Light Horse Regiment |
LHRR |
Light Horse Reserve Regiment |
LHTR |
Light Horse Training Regiment |
LoC |
Lines of Communication |
L/Cpl |
Lance Corporal |
L/Sgt |
Lance Sergeant |
Lt |
Lieutenant |
M Vet Sec |
Mobile Veterinary Section |
Maj |
Major |
MD |
Military District |
MEF |
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli) |
MG Coy/ Sqn |
Machine Gun Company/Squadron |
M/I |
Marched In |
M/0 |
Marched Out |
MT/Dvr |
Mechanical Transport Driver |
Mtd Reg |
Mounted Regiment |
NYD |
Not Yet Determined/Diagnosed |
PO |
Petty Officer (Navy) |
Pnrs |
Pioneers |
Pte |
Private |
PUO |
Pyrexia (fever) of unknown origin |
RAA |
Royal Australian Artillery |
RAE |
Royal Australian Engineers |
RANBT |
Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
RBAA |
Reserve Brigade Australia Artillery |
Regt |
Regiment |
RMT Unit |
Remount Unit |
RSD |
Railhead Supply Detachment |
SAN Sect |
Sanitation Section |
SB |
Siege Battery |
Sig |
Signals |
STS |
Sea Transport Staff |
S/Smith or SS |
Shoeing Smith |
Sgt |
Sergeant |
Sjt |
Serjeant (variant of Sergeant) |
Sqn |
Squadron |
SW |
Shrapnel Wound |
TMBty |
Trench Mortar Battery also LTMB, MTMB, HTMB (Light, Medium or Heavy Trench Mortar Battery) |
TOS |
Taken on Strength |
Tp |
Troop |
Tun Coy |
Tunnelling Company |
VDC |
Volunteer Defence Corps |
Vet Sect |
Veterinary Section |
Whr |
Wheeler |