First World War Army Service Records

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

• #A1 Fit for Active Service
• #B1 Able to be made fit by medical treatment
• #C1 Likely to become fit for service overseas after special training
• #C2 Permanently unfit for Active Service but fit for service in NZ
• #D Permanently Unfit
• A Artillery
• A/ Acting
• AA Assistant Adjutant
• AAG Assistant Adjutant General
• Adj Adjutant
• Adm Admitted
• ADMS Assistant Director of Medical Services
• AGH Australian General Hospital
• AI Auckland Infantry
• AIB Auckland Infantry Battalion
• AIF Australian Imperial Force
• ALH Australian Light Horse
• AMR Auckland Mounted Rifles
• ANZAC Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.
• AOR At Own Request
• APM Assistant Provost Marshal
• App Appointment
• AQMG Assistant Quarter-Master-General
• AR Auckland Regiment
• ASC Army Service Corps
• ASH Australian Stationary Hospital
• Attd Attached
• AW(O)L Absent With / Without Leave
• BA British Army
• BAC Brigade Ammunition Column
• BC Battle Casualty
• Bde Brigade
• BM Brigade Major
• Bn/Btn/Batt Battalion
• Brockenhurst No 1 NZGH for NZEF in UK
• Bt Brevet
• Bty Battery
• Capt Captain
• CB Confined to Barracks
• CCS Casualty Clearing Station
• CI Canterbury Infantry
• CIB Canterbury Infantry Battalion
• CMR Canterbury Mounted Rifles
• CO Commanding Officer
• Codford No 3 NZGH convalescing home for NZEF
• COE Church of England
• Co/Coy Company
• Coln Column
• Corps Group of Divisions
• Coy Company/Sub-unit commanded by Major
• Cpl Corporal
• CSM Company Sergeant-Major
• ctba Ceases to be attached
• CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• DAC Divisional Ammunition Column
• DADMS Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services
• DAPM Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal
• DCM Distinguished Conduct Medal
• Div Division commanded by Major-General
• Div Sig Divisional Signals
• DMS Director of Medical Services
• DOD Died of Disease
• DOW Died of Wounds / Duration of War
• DRS Divisional Rest Station
• DSO Distinguished Service Order
• E Engineers
• ED Efficiency Decoration (Territorial Force)
• EEF Egyptian Expeditionary Force
• EGH Egyptian Government Hospital
• Emb/Embn Embarkation
• Engr Engineer
• FA Field Ambulance
• FAP For all purposes
• Far Sgt Farrier Sergeant
• Fd Amb Field Ambulance
• FPC Field Punishment Centre
• GBD General Base Depot
• GH General Hospital
• Gnr Gunner
• GOC General Officer Commanding
• GSO General Staff Officer
• GSW Gunshot Wound
• HMNZT His Majesty’s NZ Troopship
• Hornchurch NZEF Convalescent Hospital
• HQ Headquarters
• HS Hospital Ship
• IA Indian Army
• IB Infantry Brigade
• ICC Imperial Camel Corps
• Inf Infantry
• Instr Instructor
• Instrn Instruction
• KIA Killed in Action
• Lieut Lieutenant
• LH Light Horse (The Mounted Rifles of Australia)
• LH Bde Light Horse Brigade
• Lt/2 Lt Lieutenant /Second Lieutenant
• Lt Col Lieutenant-Colonel
• LWOP Leave Without Pay
• Maj Major
• MC Military Cross / Medical Corps
• MDS Main Dressing Station
• MEF Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
• MG Machine Gun
• MGS Machine Gun Squadron
• MIA Missing in Action
• M/I Marched In
• MID Mentioned in Despatches
• MM Military Medal
• M/O Marched Out
• Mtd Mounted
• NCO Non-Commissioned Officer
• NYD Not Yet Diagnosed
• NZ & A DIV New Zealand & Australian Division
• NZA NZ Artillery
• NZASC NZ Army Service Corps
• NZCC NZ Camel Company/NZ Cyclist Corps/Corps of Cyclists
• NZ Div Tr NZ Divisional Train
• NZE NZ Engineers (Field or Signalling Troops)
• NZEF New Zealand Expeditionary Force
• NZFA NZ Field Artillery
• NZGH NZ General Hospital
• NZGRU NZ Graves Registration Unit
• NZHS NZ Hospital Ship
• NZI & GBD NZ Infantry and General Base Depot
• NZMC NZ Medical Corps
• NZMFA NZ Mounted Field Ambulance
• NZMR NZ Mounted Rifles
• NZPS NZ Permanent Staff
• NZRB NZ Rifle Brigade
• NZSC NZ Staff Corps
• NZSH NZ Stationary Hospital
• NZST NZ Signalling Troop
• NZTC NZ Tunnelling Company
• NZVC NZ Veterinary Corps
• OC Officer Commanding
• OI Otago Infantry
• OIB Otago Infantry Battalion
• OMR Otago Mounted Rifles
• Pte Private
• Pl Platoon
• POW Prisoner of War
• QMG Quarter Master General
• QI or Qi Quarantine Island
• RAP Regimental Aid Post
• RC Roman Catholic
• Regt Regiment
• Res Reserve
• RHA Royal Horse Artillery
• Rft Reinforcement
• RMO Regimental Medical Officer
• RSM Regimental Sergeant-Major
• RTNZ Returned to NZ
• SAA Small Arms Ammunition
• Sec Section
• Sgt Sergeant
• Sling/ Slingshott Main NZEF depot/camp at Larkhill, Bulford Village, Salisbury Plain, England
• SOS Struck Off Strength
• Spr Sapper
• Sqn Squadron
• T/ Temporary
• TD Territorial Decoration
• TF Territorial Force
• Tfd Transferred
• TM Batt Trench Mortar Battery
• TOS Taken On Strength
• Tp Troop
• Tpr Trooper
• Trg Training
• TS Troop Ship
• VAD Voluntary Aid Detachment
• VC Victoria Cross
• VD Volunteer Decoration/Venereal Disease
• WEF With Effect From
• WI Wellington Infantry
• WIB Wellington Infantry Battalion
• WMR Wellington Mounted Rifles
• WOAS While on Active Service
• WWI World War One