Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
50th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
51st (Highland) Division (and subordinate units) [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
51st Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
52nd Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
53rd Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
54th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
55th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
56th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division (and subordinate units) [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
57th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
58th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
59th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
5th Australian Depot Unit of Supply [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
5th Australian Light Horse Brigade [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
5th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance (formerly Australian Camel Field Ambulance) [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment [First World War AIF Light Horse Unit]
5th Australian Ammunition Sub-Park (including 713 Motor Transport Company) [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company (formerly 3rd Section, Australian Railway Troops, then 59th Company (Australian), Railway Operating Division RE, then 59th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company) [First World War AIF Railways
5th Australian Division Base Depot [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]
5th Australian Division Salvage Company [First World War AIF Salvage Unit]
5th Australian Division Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
5th Australian Divisional Supply Column (later 5th Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company) [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
5th Australian Divisional Train [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
5th Australian Divisional Trench Mortar Officer [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
5th Australian Field Ambulance [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
5th Australian Field Butchery [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
5th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
5th Australian Mobile Veterinary Section [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
5th Australian (Divisional) Mechanical Transport Company [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
5th Australian Medium Trench Mortar Battery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
5th Australian Pioneer Battalion [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
5th Australian Sanitary Section (5th Aust San Sect)
5th Battery, Australian Field Artillery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
5th Australian Divisional Ammunition Column [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
5th Divisional Cyclist Company [First World War AIF Cyclists Unit]
5th Field Company, Australian Engineers [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
5th Infantry Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
5th Infantry Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
5th Australian Machine Gun Company [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
Signal Troop, 5th Mounted Brigade [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
4th Signal Troop [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
5th Signal Troop [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
5th Training Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
5th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (formerly 29th Training Squadron) [First World War AIF Flying Corps Unit]
6th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (formerly 30th Training Squadron) [First World War AIF Flying Corps Unit]