Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.
2nd/14th Queensland Mounted Infantry
2nd Battalion, 35th Artillery
20th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
20th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
21st Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
21st Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
21st Indian (Kohat) Mountain Battery [First World War British Artillery Unit]
21st Australian Machine Gun Company (formerly 16th Australian Machine Gun Company, and also 1st Australian Divisional Machine Gun Company) [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
22nd Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
22nd Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
22nd Australian Machine Gun Company (also known as 2nd Australian Divisional Machine Gun Company) [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
22nd Mounted Brigade Signal Troop
Signal Troop, 22nd Mounted Brigade [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
23rd Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
23rd Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
23rd Australian Machine Gun Company (also known as 3rd Australian Divisional Machine Gun Company) [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
24th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
24th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
24th Australian Machine Gun Company (formerly 17th Australian Machine Gun Company) [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
25th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
25th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
25th Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
26th Battery, Australian Field Artillery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
26th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
26th Indian (Jacob's) Mountain Battery [First World War British Artillery Unit]
27th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
28th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
29th Infantry Brigade, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force [First World War British Cavalry Unit]
29th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
2 Air Force Defence Squadron (East Timor)
Second in command
2nd Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
2nd ANZAC Corps Headquarters Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
2nd ANZAC Corps Headquarters Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
2nd ANZAC Corps Medical Officers Training School [First World War AIF Schools Unit]
2nd ANZAC Corps Troops Supply Column [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
2nd ANZAC (Corps) Cyclist Battalion [First World War AIF Cyclists Unit]
2nd Australian Ammunition Sub-Park [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
2nd Australian Divisional Gas Officer [First World War AIF Gas Unit]
2nd Australian Divisional Infantry Group (2nd Aust Div Inf Gp) (Assembling and moving quotas of troops from Belgium to UK) [First World War AIF Miscellaneous Unit]
1st Australian Division Salvage Company [First World War AIF Salvage Unit]
2nd Australian Division Salvage Company [First World War AIF Salvage Unit]
1st Australian Division Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
2nd Australian Division Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
2nd Australian Divisional Supply Column (formerly 600th Company, Mechanical Transport, ASC) [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
2nd Australian Divisional Train [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
2nd Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
2nd Australian Field Butchery [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
2nd Australian Field Bakery [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company (formerly 5th Section, Australian Railway Troops, and then 16th Australian Light Railway Operating Company) [First World War AIF Railways Unit]
2nd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
2nd Australian Machine Gun Squadron (formerly 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron) [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
2nd Australian Mobile Veterinary Section [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
2nd Australian (Divisional) Mechanical Transport Company [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
2nd Australian Siege Battery (formerly 55th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery) [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
2nd Australian Siege Battery Ammunition Column [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
2nd Australian Tunnelling Company [First World War AIF Tunnelling & Survey Unit]
2nd Brigade, Royal Flying Corps [First World War British Flying Corps Unit]
2nd Battery, Australian Field Artillery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
2nd Australian Divisional Ammunition Column [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
2nd [British] Division (and subordinate units) [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
2nd Divisional Cyclist Company [First World War AIF Cyclists Unit]
2nd Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
2nd Field Company, New Zealand Engineers [First World War New Zearland Unit]
2nd Field Squadron, Australian Engineers (formerly Imperial Field Squadron RE) [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
2nd Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
2nd Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
2nd New Zealand Mobile Veterinary Section [First World War New Zearland Unit]
Second Officer, Women's Royal Australian Naval Service
2nd Signal Squadron (formerly Signal Squadron, Imperial Mounted Division, and then Signal Squadron, Australian Mounted Division) [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
2nd Signal Troop [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
Second Tactical Air Force (Second World War)
2nd Training Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
2nd Training Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]