NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE
ABBREVIATIONS
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| 2nd Corp | 2nd Corporal |
| 2nd Lieut | 2nd Lieutenant |
| A/Cpl | Acting Corporal |
| A/Sgt | Acting Sergeant |
| AANS | Australian Auxiliary Nursing Service |
| AEC | Area Employment Company |
| AIB | Auckland Infantry Battalion |
| AIF | Australian Imperial Force |
| AklReg | Auckland Regiment |
| ALH | Australian Light Horse |
| AMR | Auckland Mounted Rifles |
| ANS | Army Nursing Service |
| ANZAC | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| AOC | Army Ordnance Corps |
| APC | Army Pay Corps |
| APM | Assistant Provost Marshall |
| APS | Army Postal Service |
| AQMG | Assistant Quarter Master General |
| Ar Ser Corps | Army Service Corps |
| ARRC | Associate Royal Red Cross |
| AS Corps | Army Service Corps |
| ASC | Army Service Corps |
| Auck | Auckland |
| Bdr | Bombardier |
| Bn | Battalion |
| BQMS | Battery Quarter Master Sergeant |
| C of E | Court of Enquiry |
| CantReg | Canterbury Regiment |
| Canty | Canterbury |
| Capt | Captain |
| CB | Order of the Bath - Companion |
| CBE | Order of the British Empire - Commander |
| CF | Chaplain Forces |
| CIB | Canterbury Infantry Battallion |
| CMG | Order of St Michael & St George - Companion |
| CMR | Canterbury Mounted Rifles |
| Coy | Company |
| Coy QMS | Company Quarter Master Sergeant |
| Coy SM | Company Sergeant Major |
| Cpl | Corporal |
| CQMS | Company Quarter Master Sergeant |
| CRE | Commander Royal Engineers |
| CSM | Company Sergeant Major |
| CWGC | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| DAS | Died at sea |
| DCM | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| DDS | Defence Dental Service |
| DEC | Divisional Employment Company |
| Dent Corps | Dental Corps |
| DHQ | Divisional Headquarters |
| DOD | Died of disease |
| DOI | Died of illness |
| DOW | Died of wounds (duration of war) |
| DSO | Distinguished Service Order |
| ED | Efficiency Decoration |
| EFT | Engineer - Field Troop |
| Emp Coy | Employment Company |
| Ent Bn | Entrenching Batallion |
| Far Sergt | Farrier Sergeant |
| Fld | Field |
| Gnr | Gunner |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding (in Chief) |
| HMNZHS | His Majesty's NZ Hospital Ship |
| HMNZTS | His Majesty's NZ Troopship |
| HS | Hospital Ship |
| ICC | Imperial Camel Corps |
| KCB | Order of the Bath - Knight Companion |
| KCMG | Order of St Michael & St George - Knight Companion |
| KHDS | King's Honorary Dental Surgeon |
| KIA | Killed in Action |
| L/Bdr | Lance Bombardier |
| L-Corporal | Lance Corporal |
| Lieut | Lieutenant |
| LROS | Light Railways Operating Section |
| L-Sgt | Lance Sergeant |
| Lt-Col | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Maj | Major |
| MAO | Mentioned in Army Orders |
| Maoris | New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion |
| MBE | Order of the British Empire - Member |
| MBH | Mounted Brigade Headquarters |
| MC | Military Cross (Medal) |
| MGC | Machine Gun Corps |
| MHS | Mentioned for Home Service |
| MIA | Missing in action |
| MID | Mentioned in Despatches |
| MM | Military Medal |
| MO | Medical Officer |
| MSM | Meritorious Service Medal |
| NCO | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| NZANS | New Zealand Army Nursing Service |
| NZAOC | New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps |
| NZAPC | New Zealand Army Pay Corps |
| NZASC | New Zealand Army Service Corps |
| NZCB | New Zealand Cyclist Battalion |
| NZCC | New Zealand Camel Corps |
| NZCC | New Zealand Corp of Cyclists |
| NZCC | New Zealand Cyclist Corps |
| NZCD | New Zealand Chaplains Department |
| NZCICC | New Zealand Company Imperial Camel Corps |
| NZDC | New Zealand Dental Corps |
| NZE | New Zealand Engineers |
| NZEB | New Zealand Entrenching Battalion |
| NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| NZFA | New Zealand Field Artillery |
| NZGH | New Zealand General Hospital |
| NZInf | New Zealand Infantry |
| NZLTMB | New Zealand Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| NZMB | New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion |
| NZMC | New Zealand Medical Corps |
| NZMF | New Zealand Military Forces |
| NZMFA | New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance |
| NZMGC | New Zealand Machine Gun Corps |
| NZMR | New Zealand Mounted Rifles |
| NZOC | New Zealand Ordance Corps |
| NZPB | New Zealand Pioneer Battalion |
| NZPC | New Zealand Pay Corps |
| NZPC | New Zealand Provost Corps |
| NZPS | New Zealand Postal Service |
| NZRB | New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
| NZSC | New Zealand Signal Corps |
| NZST | New Zealand Stationary Hospital |
| NZTC | New Zealand Tunnelling Company |
| NZTU | New Zealand Training Unit |
| NZVC | New Zealand Veterinary Corps |
| NZWT | New Zealand Wireless Troop |
| OBE | Order of the British Empire - Officer |
| OIB | Otago Infantry Brigade |
| OMR | Otago Mounted Rifles |
| OtagoReg | Otago Regiment |
| Pioneer | New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion |
| POW | Prisoner of war |
| Pte | Private |
| Pvt | Private |
| QAIMNS | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service |
| QAIMNSR | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service |
| QMG | Quarter Master General |
| QMS | Quarter Master Sergeant |
| RA | Royal Artillery |
| Rarotongan | Rarotongan Company |
| RE | Royal Engineers |
| Regt | Regiment |
| RFC | Royal Flying Corp |
| Rfm | Rifleman |
| RHA | Royal Horse Artillery |
| RMO | Regimental Medical Officer |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| RNZA | Royal NZ Artillery |
| RNZN | Royal New Zealand Navy |
| RNZNR | Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve |
| ROH | Roll of Honour |
| RQMS | Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant |
| RRC | Royal Red Cross |
| RSM | Regimental Sergeant Major |
| S/Nurse | Staff Nurse |
| Samoan | New Zealand Samoan Forces |
| Sgt | Sergeant |
| Sgt-Major | Sergeant Major |
| Sh/Sm | Shoe Smith ?? |
| SM | Sergeant Major |
| Spr | Sapper |
| SQMS | Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant |
| SRF | ? |
| S-Sgt | Staff Sergeant |
| SSM | Squadron Sergeant Major |
| T-Corp | Temporary Corporal |
| Tpr | Trooper |
| T-Sgt | Temporary Sergeant |
| VAD | Voluntary Aid Detachment |
| VC | Victoria Cross |
| Vet Corps | Vetrinary Corps |
| W.Coast | West Coast |
| Wgtn | Wellington |
| WIA | Wounded in action |
| WIB | Wellington Infantry Battalion |
| WlgReg | Wellington Regiment |
| WMR | Wellington Mounted Rifles |
| WOI | Warrant Officer - First Class |
| WOII | Warrant Officer - Second Class |
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