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ABBREVIATIONS
To help to write military and service reports soldiers had a special
ABBREVIATION Language
of their own
.
This made writing reports
easier and quicker.
Therefore to understand a soldier’s service record you need to understand
the
abbreviations.
Abbreviation and Meaning
Abbreviation and Meaning
AB/Dvr - able bodied driver
CHQ - General Head Quarters
ABDB - Australian Divisional Base
Depot
GW, GSW - Gunshot wound
Adm./adm - Admitted (usually to
hospital)
HQ, Hdqrs - headquarters
ADS - advanced dressing station
Inf - Infantry
AFA - Australian Field Artillery
LH - Light Horse
AFC - Australian Flying Corps
Lieut. Lt. - Lieutenant
AGBD - Australian General Base
Depot
MEF - Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force (Gallipoli)
AGH - Australian General Hospital
MG Coy -- Machine Gun Company
AIF - Australian Imperial Force
MG Bn - Machine gun battalion
ANZAC - Australian (and) New
Zealand Army Corps
MIA - Missing in action
Arty - Artillery
MO - Medical Officer
ASH - Australian Stationary Hospital
M/O, M/out - marched out (left)
AWL - Absent without leave
MC - Military Cross
BEF - British Expeditionary Force (
Belgium, France, England)
MM - Military Medal
Batt,Bn,Btn - Battalion
MSM - Meritorious Service Medal
Bde - Brigade
MTMB - Medium Trench Mortar
Battery
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