Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.
New South Wales (RAAF)
Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
Engineer Commander (Naval)
Engineer in Chief
The East Lancashire Regiment
Engineer Lieutenant?Commander
The East Surrey Regiment
The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)
Small offensive German motor torpedo boat
Enemy aircraft (Second World War)
Electrical Artificer
Engineer Rear Admiral
Emergency anchorage (RAAF)
Eastern Area, Headquarters (RAAF)
Emergency alighting area (RAAF)
Eastern Air Command
Empire Air Navigation School
Empire Air Training Scheme (Second World War)
Empire/European Air Transport System
East Australia Exercise Area
Callsign for switchboard at 1 Australian Task Force (ATF). At times the callsign was used to indicate specific Officers/Office: eg. "Ebony 12" as reference in correspondence.
Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (USA)
Engineer Base Workshop
Engineer Captain (Naval)
Economic Commission of Asia and the Far East (United Nations Organisation - UNO)
Exercise Control Centre
Electronic Counter Counter Measures
Echelon - denotes divisions of a particular organisation into front rear parts (First and Second World War)
European Central Inland Transport Organisation
Engine Change Kit
Electronic countermeasures
Electronic Counter Measures Officer
Employment Code Number (RAN)
European Coal Organisation
Equipment Collecting Point
Engineering Change Proposal
Electronic Combat and reconnaissance
Engine Change Unit
Efficiency Decoration
Embarkation Depot (RAAF)
Edit, Edition, Editor, Editorial
Education Assistant
Expected Date of Confinement (Pregnancy)
Education Officer
Education Officer
Electronic Data Processing
Extra Duty Pay
Electronic data processing (EDP) Operator
Experimental Diving Unit (USA)
Education
European Economic Community (Peacekeeping)
Emergency Economic Committee for Europe
Egyptian Expeditionary Force (Egypt, Sinai, Palestine) (First World War)
Essential Elements of Information
Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
End Evening Nautical Twilight
Electronic Emission Policy
Exclusive Economic Zone
Expeditionary Force
Effect
Efficiency
Encrypted for Transmission only
Elementary Flying Training School (RAAF)
Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Also known as the Empire Gallantry Medal)
Engineers General Service Reinforcements
Egyptian Section, Australian Provost Corps [First World War AIF Provost Unit]
Electric Horse power
East Kent Regiment
European Launcher Development Organisation
Electronic or Electric
Electric fitter (Peacekeeping)
Electronic or Electric Officer
Electrical Serviceman
Emergency Landing Ground (RAAF)
Electronic intelligence
Element(s)
Equipment Liaison Officer
Electronic Secruity
Enlisted Men (USA)
Edward Medal
Embarkation
Electrical and Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Mechanical Engineering Instructions
Electrical and Mechanical Mining And Boreing Company
Embarkation Medical Officer (First World War)
Employment
Emplacement
Emplane
Emplanning Officer
Emergency Medical Service
Experimental Military Unit
Enemy
Enclose
Engine
Engine Fitter
Engine Mechanic
Engineer Officer
Engineer
Engineer Support Troop (Vietnam War)
Engineer Works Park Squadron (Vietnam War)
Engineer(s)
Entertainments National Service Association
Expedite Non-standard Urgent Requirement Equipments
The forward reg switchboard and callsign (Vietnam War)
Education Officer
Elements Organique Corps d'Armee
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Explosive Ordanance Disposal Mobile Unit Pacific (United States Navy - USN)
Engineering Officer of the Watch
Essential Operational Stores
Enemy Occupied Territory Administration
Expected period of Hospitalisation
Eight Panel Indian Pattern Tent
Electroplanter
Exercise Planning and reporting Staff
Early Preventative Treatment Depot (First World War)
Equipment Assistant
Equipment Officer
Equipment
Equipment
Equivalent
Extra Regimental (First World War rank ie ER/cpl, AIF Order 962)
Engine Room Artificer (Naval)
Enlisted Reserve Corps (USA)
Engine Repair Squadron
Engineering School (RAAF)
Electronic Support Measures
Embarkation Staff Officer
Embarkation Staff Officer, AIF, Le Havre [First World War AIF Repatriation and Demobolisation Unit]
East Surrey Regiment
Engineer Stores Regiment
Engineer Supply Stores
The Essex Regiment
Eastern Standard Time
Establishment
Estimate(d)
Establish
Electronic Technicial (after rank)
Estimated Time of Arrival
Electrical Technical Communications
Estimated Time of Completion
Estimated Time of Departure
European Theatre of Operations, United States Army
Electrical Technical Communications
Estimated Time of Return
Electrical Technical Systems
Equipment Training School (RAAF)
Expiration Term of Service (USA)
Electrical Technical Weapons
European Command (USA) (German occupation)
Escort Vessels
Evacuation
Evangelical Alliance
A machine for converting salt water into fresh water by means of evaporation
Establishment Variation Form
Educational and Vocational Training (scheme)
Electronic warfare
Engineer Works and Park Squadron
Exercise
Exemplary Medallion (Peacekeeping)
Ammunition report (Vietnam War)
Excludes/excluding
Expenditure
Extend, Extension, Exterior, External