Commonly Used Abbreviations

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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

• A/ Acting
• A/A Anti Aircraft
• A/T Anti Tank
• Adm Admitted
• ADS Advanced Dressing Station
• Adv Base Advanced Base
• Amn Coln Ammunition Column
• AOR At Own Request
• App Appointment
• Apptd Appointed
• APR Awaiting Passage Return
• ASC Army Service Corps
• Attd Attached
• AW(O)L Absent With / Without Leave
• BC Battle Casualty
• BCOF British Commonwealth Occupational Force
• Bde Brigade
• Bn/Btn/Batt Battalion
• BOD Base Ordnance Depot
• BOW Base Ordnance Workshop
• BRD Base Reception Depot
• Bty Battery
• Capt Captain
• Cas Casualty
• CB Confined to Barracks
• CCS Casualty Clearing Station
• CMF Central Mediterranean Force
• CO Commanding Officer
• Co/Coy Company
• COE Church of England
• Comp Coy Composite Company
• Conv Dep Convalescent Depot
• Coy Company/Sub-unit commanded by Major
• Cpl Corporal
• Cse Course
• Ctba Ceases to be attached
• CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Dischdg/Disch Discharged
• DCM District Court Martial/Distinguished Conduct Medal
• Div Division
• Div Cav Divisional Cavalry
• DOD Died of Disease
• DOW Died of Wounds/Duration of War/ Divisional Ordnance Workshops
• DSO Distinguished Service Order
• E Engineers
• E/D Pay Extra Duty Pay
• Ech Echelon
• Emb/Embn Embarkation
• Engr Engineer
• ERS Education and Rehabilitation Services
• FAP For All Purposes
• FGCM Field General Court Martial
• Fd Amb Field Ambulance
• Fd Coy Field Company
• Fd Wksps Field Workshops
• FDL Forward Defended Locality
• FPC Field Punishment Centre
• FSS Field Security Section/Service
• GH General Hospital
• Gnr Gunner
• GSW Gunshot Wound
• GVP Guard Vital Point
• HQ Headquarters
• Inf Infantry
• Instr Instructor
• Instrn Instruction
• IP In Pacific
• KIA Killed in Action
• LAD Light Aid Detachment
• LAFV Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle
• Lieut Lieutenant
• LRDG Long Range Desert Group
• Lt A/A Light Anti-Aircraft
• Lt Col Lieutenant-Colonel
• Lt/2 Lt Lieutenant /Second Lieutenant
• Lustre Force Code Name for NZ Forces in Greece and Crete
• LWOP Leave Without Pay
• LWP Leave With Pay
• M/I Marched In
• M/O Marched Out
• M/U Medically Unfit
• Mac Motor Ambulance Convoy
• Mainyard Pacific Front Line
• Maj Major
• MC Military Cross / Medical Corps/ Military Camp
• MDS Mobile Dental Section/Main Dressing Station
• MEC Mechanical Equipment Company
• MEF Middle East Force
• MG Machine Gun
• MIA Missing in Action
• MID Mentioned in Despatches
• MM Military Medal
• MSU Mobile Surgical Unit
• MT Mechanical Transport
• NCO Non-Commissioned Officer
• Necal New Caledonia
• NMR National Military Reserve
• NYD Not Yet Diagnosed
• NZ Con Dep NZ Convalescent Depot
• NZ Rec Dep NZ Reception Depot
• NZASC NZ Army Service Corps
• NZE NZ Engineers
• NZEF New Zealand Expeditionary Force
• NZFA NZ Field Artillery
• NZGH NZ General Hospital
• NZGRU NZ Graves Registration Unit
• NZHS NZ Hospital Ship
• NZMC NZ Medical Corps
• NZOC NZ Ordnance Corps
• NZPS NZ Permanent Staff
• NZPWRU NZ Prisoner of War Repatriation Unit
• NZRB NZ Rifle Brigade
• NZRD NZ Reinforcement Depot
• NZ Rec Dep NZ Reception Depot
• NZRTU NZ Reinforcement Transit Unit
• NZSC NZ Staff Corps
• NZTES NZ Temporary Employment Section
• NZTS NZ Temporary Service
• OC Officer Commanding
• OCTU Officer Cadet Training Unit
• P/U Permanently Unfit
• Pet Coy Petrol Company
• POW Prisoner of War
• Pte Private
• Ptn/Pl Platoon
• RAP Regimental Aid Post
• RC Roman Catholic
• Regt/Rgt Regiment
• Reinf/Reinfts Reinforcement/s
• Res Reserve
• Rft Reinforcement
• RMT Reserve Mechanical Transport
• RTNZ Returned to NZ
• Sgt Sergeant
• SOS Struck Off Strength
• Spr Sapper
• Sqn Squadron
• Sup Coln Supply Column
• T/ Temporary
• T.I.T. Territorial Intensive Training
• T/U Temporarily Unfit
• TF Territorial Force
• Tfd Transferred
• TOS Taken On Strength
• Tp Troop
• Tpr Trooper
• Trg Training
• Trg Coy Training Company
• TS Troop Ship
• VAD Voluntary Aid Detachment
• VC Victoria Cross
• VD Volunteer Decoration/Venereal Disease
• WEF With Effect From
• WOAS While on Active Service
• WWII World War Two
• WWSA Women’s War Service Auxiliary