Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.
1st Australian Logistic Support Group (Vietnam War)
1st Royal New South Wales Lancers
1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry, Imperial Mounted Division [First World War British Cavalry Unit ]
1/1st East Riding Yeomanry, ANZAC Mounted Division [First World War British Cavalry Unit serving under the ANZAC Mounted Division]
1/1st Lincolnshire Yeomanry, ANZAC Mounted Division [First World War British Cavalry Unit serving under the ANZAC Mounted Division]
1/1st Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Egyptian Expeditionary Force [First World War British Cavalry Unit]
1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry, ANZAC Mounted Division [First World War British Cavalry Unit serving under the ANZAC Mounted Division]
1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry, Australian Mounted Division [First World War British Cavalry Unit serving under the Australian Mounted Division]
1/1st Welch Horse, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force [First World War British Cavalry Unit]
1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry, Imperial Mounted Division [First World War British Cavalry Unit]
First Lieutenant
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' Own)
10th West Australian Mounted Infantry
101st Howitzer Battery [First World War British Artillery Unit]
10th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
10th Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
10th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
10th Australian Mobile Veterinary Section [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
10th Company, Australian Army Service Corps [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
10th Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
10th Infantry Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
10th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
10th Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
10th Training Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)
11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment
11th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
11th Australian Light Horse Regiment [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
11th Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
11th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
11th Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
11th Infantry Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
11th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
11th Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
11th Training Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales')
12th/16th Hunter River Lancers (AMF)
12th Army Brigade Australian Field Artillery Park Section [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
12th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
12th Australian Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
12th Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
12th Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
12th Infantry Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
12th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
12th Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
12th Training Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
13th/18th Hussars
13th Australian Depot Unit of Supply (no AWM4 series records held) [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
13th Australian Light Horse Regiment [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
13th Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
13th Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
13th Infantry Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
13th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
13th Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
13th Training Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
14th/20th Hussars
14th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
14th Australian Light Horse Regiment [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
14th Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
14th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
14th Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
14th Infantry Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
14th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
14th Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
14th Training Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
15th Northern Rivers Lancers (AMF)
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
15th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
15th Australian Light Horse Regiment [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
15th Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
15th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
15th Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
15th Infantry Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
15th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
15th Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
15th Training Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
15th Wing Headquarters, Royal Flying Corps [First World War AIF Flying Corps Unit]
16th/5th Lancers
16th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
16th Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
B Australian Divisional Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
16th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
16th Machine Gun Squadron, Imperial (later Australian) Mounted Division (later 19th Machine Gun Squadron, see [22/29]) [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
17th/21st Lancers
17th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
17th Ammunition Sub-Park (formerly 8th Company AASC, then 301st Motor Transport Company, and subsequently 1st Australian Ammunition Sub-Park) [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
17th Brigade Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery [First World War British Artillery Unit]
17th Company, Australian Army Service Corps [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
17th Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
17th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
17th Machine Gun Squadron, Yeomanry Mounted Division [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
18 Pounder (First World War field gun)
18th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
18th Company, Australian Army Service Corps [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
18th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
18th Machine Gun Squadron, ANZAC Mounted Division [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
19th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
19th Brigade Ammunition Column, Royal Horse Artillery [First World War British Artillery Unit]
19th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
19th Machine Gun Squadron, Australian Mounted Division (formerly 16th Machine Gun Squadron) [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
1st Australian Task Force (Vietnam War)
1 Combat Services Support Team (East Timor)
1st Australian Armoured Car Section (also known as No 1 Australian Light Car Patrol) [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
1st Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
1st Australian Light Horse Brigade [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
1st ANZAC Corps Ammunition Park [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st (ANZAC) Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps (Brigade) [First World War AIF Camel Corps Unit]
1st ANZAC Corps Headquarters Signals Company and X Corps Headquarters Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
1st ANZAC Corps Headquarters Signals Coy and K Corps Headquarters Signals Company (K Corps HQ Sig Coy) [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
1st ANZAC Corps Headquarters Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
1st ANZAC Corps Troops Supply Column [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st ANZAC (Corps) Cyclist Battalion [First World War AIF Cyclists Unit]
1st ANZAC Entrenching Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
1st ANZAC Mounted Troops (Regiment) [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
1st Australian Ammunition Sub-Park (formerly 609th Motor Transport Company and 17th Divisional Ammunition Sub-Park [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st Australian Convalescent Depot (Le Havre) [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
1st Australian Division Base Depot [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]
1st Australian Divisional Supply Column (formerly 17th Divisional Supply Column) [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st Australian Divisional Train [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st Australian Divisional Trench Mortar Officer [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
1st Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
5th Australian Field Bakery [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st Australian Field Butchery [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st Australian Field Bakery (Also known as ANZAC Field Bakeries, and Australian Field Bakeries, Rouen) [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company (formerly 2nd Section, Australian Railway Troops, and then 15th Australian Light Railway Operating Company) [First World War AIF Railways Unit]
1st Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
1st Australian Machine Gun Squadron (formerly 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron) [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
1st Australian Veterinary Evacuation Station [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
1st Australian Mobile Veterinary Section [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
1st Australian (Divisional) Mechanical Transport Company [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st Australian Pioneer Battalion [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
1st Australian Railhead Supply Detachment (formerly Railway Supply Detachment, 11th Company ASC, then 1st Australian Railway Supply Detachment, and then 1st ANZAC Railhead Supply Detachment) [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
1st Australian Sanitary Section [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
2nd Australian Sanitary Section [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
1st Australian Siege Battery Ammunition Column [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
1st Australian Tunnelling Company [First World War AIF Tunnelling & Survey Unit]
1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron (formerly 1st ANZAC Wireless Signal Squadron, and subsequently D Troop 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron) [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
1st Ayrshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery [First World War British Artillery Unit]
1st Berkshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery [First World War British Artillery Unit]
1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifles Brigade [First World War New Zearland Unit]
1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Column [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
1st Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
1st Field Company, New Zealand Engineers [First World War New Zearland Unit]
1st Field Squadron, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
1st Infantry Brigade [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
2nd Infantry Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
1st Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
1st Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
1st Machine Gun Squadron, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade [First World War New Zearland Unit]
2nd Machine Gun Squadron, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade [First World War New Zearland Unit]
1st Nottinghamshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery [First World War British Artillery Unit]
1st New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade [First World War New Zearland Unit]
First Officer, Women's Royal Australian Naval Service
1st Signal Squadron (formerly Signal Squadron, ANZAC Mounted Division) [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
1st Signal Troop [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
1st Training Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
1st Training Brigade Concentration Depot [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]
1st Training Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
1st Wing Headquarters, Australian Flying Corps [First World War British Flying Corps Unit]