Glossary
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Glossary
| AA & QMG | Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
| AAI | Allied Armies in Italy |
| AAMC | Australian Army Medical Corps |
| ADC | Army Dental Corps |
| ADDS | Assistant Director of Dental Services |
| ADMS | Assistant Director of Medical Services |
| ADS | Advanced Dressing Station |
| AFHQ | Allied Force Headquarters |
| AHQ | Army Headquarters |
| APR | Awaiting Passage for Return |
| ASC | Army Service Corps |
| BTE | British Troops in Egypt |
| CCS | Casualty Clearing Station |
| COMAIRSOPAC | Commander, Air, South Pacific |
| COMZEAIRTAF | Commander, New Zealand Air Task Force |
| COO | Chief Ordnance Officer |
| Coy | Company |
| CRASC | Commander Royal Army Service Corps |
| CRE | Commander Royal Engineers |
| DADDS | Deputy Assistant Director of Dental Services |
| DC | Direct Current |
| DCRE | Deputy Commander Royal Engineers |
| DDDS | Deputy Director of Dental Services |
| DDMS | Deputy Director of Medical Services |
| DDS | Director of Dental Services |
| Dent | Dental |
| DGMS | Director-General of Medical Services |
| DM | Dental Mechanic |
| DMS | Director of Medical Services |
| EMS | Emergency Medical Service |
| EPIP (tent) | European Personnel Indian Pattern |
| FDL | Forward Defended Locality |
| FMC | Forward Maintenance Centre |
| Gen | General |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding |
| GR | General Reconnaissance |
| GS | General Service |
| GSO I | General Staff Officer, 1st Grade |
| Hosp | Hospital |
| IC | In charge |
| Inf | Infantry |
| KR | King's Regulations |
| LCT | Landing Craft, Tank |
| LOB | Left out of battle |
| L of C | Line of Communication |
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| LSBA(D) | Leading Sick-Berth Attendant (Dental) |
| M & V (stew) | Meat and vegetable |
| MDS | Main Dressing Station |
| ME (Company) | Mechanical Equipment |
| MP | Military Police |
| NCO | Non-commissioned officer |
| NZDC | New Zealand Dental Corps |
| NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| NZEF (IP) | New Zealand Expeditionary Force (in Pacific) |
| NZMC | New Zealand Medical Corps |
| OC | Officer Commanding |
| OICA | Officer in Charge of Administration |
| PDO | Principal Dental Officer |
| QM | Quartermaster |
| RADC | Royal Army Dental Corps |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RAMC | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| RD (tent) | Ridge, Double |
| RMO | Regimental Medical Officer |
| Rms | Reichsmarks |
| RNZAF | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
| RNZDC | Royal New Zealand Dental Corps |
| RNZN | Royal New Zealand Navy |
| SBD (Squadron) | Scout Bomber Dive (Dauntless) |
| Sec | Section |
| TBF (Squadron) | Torpedo Bomber Fighter (Avenger) |
| UNRRA | United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
| WAAC | Women's Army Auxiliary Corps |
| WAAF | Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
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