Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.
Bomber
Western Australia (RAAF)
Beam
Breadth
Borneo
Balkans clasp to the Australian Service Medal
Base (Title Prefix)
B Australian Divisional Group (B Aust Div Gp) (Assembling and moving quotas of 2nd Aust Div and 5th Aust Div personnel from Belgium to UK)
B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company [First World War British Artillery Unit]
B Field Troop, Australian Engineers
B Field Troop, Australian Engineers (served with NZ Mtd Rifles Bde, and diary filed with NZ units) [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
Airfield with gravel runways with no facilities (RAAF)
Airfield with gravel runways with facilities (RAAF)
Budget Authority
British Army Aid Group
Beam Approach Beacon System
Brigade Ammunition Column (First World War)
Base Area Command
An early type of tank landing ship, not constructed but converted for this purpose
Bacteriological
Base Air Depot
Base Ammunition Depot
Base British Admiralty Delegation
Wearer of good conduct stripes
British Air Forces in France (1939)
British Air Forces in Greece (1941)
British Air Forces of Occupation (Germany)
British Armed Forces Special Vouchers
Baggage
Bombing and Gunnery School (RAAF)
Base Area Headquarters
British Army of Occupation on the Rhine
Baptist
Browning automatic rifle (USA)
Brigade Air Support Officer
Battery
British Australian Wool Realisation Association
The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
A one man portable projector which, by means of a rocket, projects an anti?tank bomb about 100 yards
Balloon Barrage
Battleship
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (Second World War)
Bombardment Liaison Officer to Brigade Commander
Bulk Breaking Point
Bomber
Balloon Barrage Training Center (USA)
Bad Character (British Army Tattoo 19th century)
Battery Commander
Bomber Command (RAAF)
British Commonwealth Air Forces. Air Command of BCOF (British Commonwealth Occupation Force).
British Commonwealth Air Forces. Air Command of BCOF (British Commonwealth Occupation Force).
Battle Casualty
British Commonwealth Brigade
Beach Company Commander
Battle Cruiser Force
British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve
British Commonwealth Force Korea
British Commonwealth Korea Base
British Commonwealth Occupation Force
British Commonwealth Occupation News
Battery Command Post
Battle Cruiser Squadron
Broadcast
Bombardment Calling Wave
Base Depot
Bomb Disposal
Base Depot Company (USA)
Bomb Damage Assessment. Visual or ground reconnaissance of an area to determine the result of an air strike. (Allied Forces, Vietnam)
Burma Defence Army
Brigade
Brigade Ammunition Column
Brigade Group
Brigade Major
Budget
British Defence Liaison Staff
Boom Defence Officer
Bombardier
Boundary
Beach Dressing Station
Bomb Disposal Squad
Bandsman
Boundary
Belgium
British East Asia Command
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
British Expeditionary Force (First World War)
British Empire Medal
British Education Officer
Batchelor Enlisted Quarters
Beyond Economical Repair
Bring Friend
Basic Field Manual (USA)
Branch Field Post Office
Basic Flying Training School
Basic Flying Training School
Brigadier General
Bomber Group (RAAF)
Brigadier General, 2nd ANZAC Corps Heavy Artillery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
Broad Guage Railway
Brigade
Brigadier General, General Staff
Brigadier General (Commanding) Heavy Artillery
Brigadier General, Royal Artillery
Broad Gauge Railway Operations
Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Brigadier, General Staff
Beach Head
Brigade Headquarters
Burma Independence Army
Bosnian government (Peacekeeping)
Base Intelligence Officer (Navy)
Brigade Intelligence Officer
Biological
Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot
United States spotter or light aircraft (Vietnam War)
British Interservice Communication
Built in Test Equipment
Bivouac
Barracks
Barracks Electrician
Barracks Officer
Breech loading
Bill of Landing
Back Load
British Liberation Army
United States Base to the north of Nui Dat, base for 11ACR (Armoured Cavalry Regiment) Vietnam War
The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Bombardment Liaison Officer
Back Loading Point
Beyond Local Repair
Battalion Landing Team (USA)
Bridge laying tank
British Medical Association
Brigade Maintenance Area
Brigade Major Heavy Artillery
Beginning Morning Nautical Twilight
Brigade Major, Royal Artillery
Base Medical Store (RAAF)
Boxes Metal Shipping Steel
Battalion
Billion
Battalion Headquarters
British North Borneo (Second World War)
British Naval Liaison Party
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Base Ordnance Depot
Light anti?aircraft artillery
Boiler Attendant
Bombing Report
Batchelor Officers' Quarters
Base Operations Room (RAAF)
The Border Regiment
Internal diameter of the barrel of a gun
British Other Ranks
The lowest level or floor of the main machinery space
Bearing Picket. A gun site marker to confirm direction.
Bulk Petrol Company
Base Post Office (USA)
Bulk Petroleum Storage
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
Bridge
Book of Reference
Branch
Bandmaster Lieutenant (Naval)
Bomber Replenishment Area
Brigadier, Royal Artillery
British Red Cross Society (First World War)
Bridgehead
British Advisory Mission Vietnam. Advises Government of [South] Vietnam (GVN) on hamlet programs & counter insurgency generally. "Malaya experts".
British Commonwealth Sub Area, Tokyo
Brigade (USA)
Brigadier
Brigadier in Charge of Administration
Brigadier General
Mobile Brigade (Indonesian security forces)
British Indian Division
British Indian Troops in Japan
British Commonwealth Base
Burials Officer
Bombing Research Mission
Brigade Routine Orders
Bomber Squadron (RAAF)
Base Staff
Base Squadron
Bronze Star for Meritorious service (USA)
Bronze Star for Valour (USA)
Base Support Area
Battleship Surface Attack Group
British Supply Council
Base Supply Depot
British Supervisory Element
Base Staff, East Australian Area
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force
Battery Sergeant Major (A warrant officer)
Blacksmith
Base Sick Quarters
Basic Survey Recorder (Course)
Base Staff, South East Australian Area
Baronet
Brevet
British Troops
Bathythermograph
Benign Tertian malaria (Second World War)
British Troops in Egypt
Battalion
Brigade Transport Officer
Battery (USA)
Base Torpedo/Transport Unit (RAAF)
Battery, comprises of 2 Troops
Bath Unit
Bulgaria
Build up Control Organisation (Normandy landings)
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
The side or wall of a compartment
Bureau of Meteorology
RAAF Light Fire Team (Vietnam War)
British United States Routeing Agreement (Shipping 39/45)
Bullet Wound
Bomber Wing (RAAF)
Bridge Watchkeeping Certificate
British West Indies (First World War)
British Yacht Minesweeper
British Yard Minesweeper