APPENDI X
ABBREVIATION S
A—Acting, Assistant .
AA—Anti-aircraft .
AAG—Assistant Adjutant-General.
AAMC—Australian Army Medical
Corps.
AAMWS—Australian Army Medica l
Women's Service.
AANS—Australian Army Nursing Service .
AAOC—Australian Army Ordnanc e
Corps.
AA&QMG—Assistant Adjutant an d
Quartermaster-General .
ADC—Aide-de-Camp .
Admin—Administration, Administrative.
ADMS—Assistant Director Medical Services.
ADOS—Assistant Director Ordnanc e
Services.
Adv—Advanced.
AEME—Australian Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers .
AGH—Australian General Hospital .
AIB—Allied Intelligence Bureau .
AIF—Australian Imperial Force .
Angau—Australian New Guinea
Administrative Unit .
AM—Destroyer-transport.
Armd—Armoured .
Arty—Artillery .
Asst—Assistant.
A-Tk—Anti-Tank .
AVM—Air Vice-Marshal .
AWAS—Australian Women's Army
Service .
CCRA—Commander, Corps Roya l
Artillery .
CCS—Casualty Clearing Station .
Cdo—Commando .
Cdr—Commander.
CE—Chief Engineer .
CGS—Chief of the General Staff.
C-i n-C—Commander-in-Chief.
CO—Commanding Officer .
Col—Colonel .
Col GS—Colonel, General Staff.
Comd—Command, Commander, Commanded .
Coy—Company .
Cpl—Corporal .
CRA—Commander, Royal Artillery (o f
a division )
CRE—Commander, Royal Engineers (o f
a division )
CSO—Chief Signals Office r
CTF—Commander, Task Force .
BBCAU—British Borneo Civil Affairs
Unit.
Bde—Brigadc .
Bdr—Bombardier.
BGS—Brigadier, General Staff.
BM—Brigade Major .
Bn—Battalion .
Brig—Brigadier .
Bty—Battery .
EBSR—Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment .
Engrs—Engineers .
Eqpt—Equipment.
ESB—Engineer Special Brigade.
CA(AA)—Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft) .
Capt—Captain .
CASC—Commander, Army Servic e
Corps.
Cav—Cavalry .
DAPM—Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal .
DAQMG—Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General .
DDME—Deputy Director Mechanica l
Engineering .
DDMT—Deputy Director Military
Training.
DDST—Deputy Director Supply an d
Transport .
DGMS—Director-General of Medica l
Services.
Div—Division .
FA—Field Artillery .
Fd--Field .
FDL—Forward Defended Locality .
FELO—Far Eastern Liaison Office .
F-Lt—Flight Lieutenant.
FOO—Forward Observation Officer .
Gen—General.
GHQ—General Headquarters.
Gnr—Gunner .
ABBREVIATIONS
GOC—General Officer commanding .
Gp—Group .
GSO1—General Staff Officer, Grade 1 .
HE—High
Explosive .
HQ—Headquarters.
i/c—in command .
Indep—Independent .
Inf—Infantry .
Instr—Instructor.
Int—Intelligence .
LAA—Light Anti-aircraft .
LC1—Landing Craft, Infantry .
LCM—Landing Craft, Mechanised.
L-Cpl—Lance-Corporal .
LCT—Landing Craft, Tank .
LCV—Landing Craft, Vehicle .
LCVP—Landing Craft, Vehicle ,
Personnel .
LHQ—Allied Land Forces Headquarters .
LO—Liaison Officer.
L of C—Lines of Communication .
LSO—Legal Staff Officer .
LST—Landing Ship, Tank .
Lt—Lieutenant, light .
Lt-Cdr—Lieut-Comm and er.
Maj—Major .
ME—Middle
East .
MG—Machine-gun .
MGRA—Major-General, Royal Artillery .
MHR—Member of the House of Repre sentatives .
Mil—Military .
MLC—Member of the Legislative Council .
MMG—Medium machine-gun .
Mtn—Mountain .
NEFIS—Netherlands
East Indies Forces
Intelligence Service .
NG—New Guinea.
NGAWW Sigs—New Guinea Air Wireless Warning Signals .
NGF—New Guinea Force .
NGIB—New Guinea Infantry Battalion .
NGVR—New Guinea Volunteer Rifles .
NT—Northern Territory .
OC—Officer Commanding.
OP—Observation Post .
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Ops—Operations .
OSMG—Owen sub-anachine-gun .
PIB—Papuan Infantry Battalion .
Pk—Park .
Pnr—Pioneer .
PT—Patrol torpedo (boat) .
Pte—Private.
RAA—Royal Australian Artillery .
RAAF—Royal Australian Air Force .
RAE—Royal Australian Engineers .
RAN—Royal Australian Navy .
RANVR—Royal Australian Naval Volun teer Reserve .
RAR—Royal Australian Regiment.
Regt—Regiment.
RFA—Royal Field Artillery .
RMO—Regimental Medical Officer .
RSM—Regimental Sergeant-Major .
Sec—Section, Secretary .
Sgt—Sergeant .
SHAEF—Supreme Headquarters, Allie d
Expeditionary Force .
Sig—Signalman .
Sigs—Signals.
SNLF—Special Naval Landing Force
(Japanese) .
SOPAC—South Pacific (Command) .
SORE—Staff Officer, Royal Engineers .
Spr—Sapper .
Sqn—Squadron .
S-Sgt—Staff -Sergeant.
SWPA—South-West Pacific Area .
Tk—Tank.
TNG—Territory
Tpr—Trooper.
Tps—Troops .
of New Guinea.
TSMG—Thompson sub-machine-gun .
UK—United Kingdom .
US—United States.
USAFFE—United States Army Forces i n
the Far East.
USASOS—United
States Army Services
of Supply .
W01—Warrant-Officer, Class I .