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(N)

Denotes an Officer who has qualified for Navigating Duties (but has not passed for first-class ships), and who is actually employed, or is available for employment, on such duties. In a ship, an Officer borne for Navigating Duties. (Source: Australian Navy List, 1941)

(N)

Navigation Instructor Officer (RAF)

N

Namibia clasp to the Australian Service Medal (ASM)

N A, HQ

Northern Area Headquarters (RAAF)

N Att

Naval Attaché

N C, HQ

Northern Command Headquarters (RAAF)

N COMD

Northern Command

N E A, HQ

North Eastern area, Headquarters

N Staffs

The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales')

N/Air

Naval airman (Second World War)

na

Not applicable

NAAFI

Navy, Army and Air Force Institute

NACA

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (USA)

NAD

No appreciable disease (First World War)

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NAO

Navid Officer

NAORG

North Atlantic Ocean Regional Group

NAOU

North Australia Observer Unit

NAP

Naval Auxiliary Patrol

NAS

Naval Air Station

NAS

Nursing Auxiliary Service

NASA

National Aeronautical and Space Administration

NASIS

Naval and Air Stores Issuing Ship

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NATOUSA

North African Theatre of Operations United States Army

NATS

Naval Air Transport Service

NAV

Navigation

Nav O

Navigation Officer (USA)

NAVAID

Navigational Aid

NAVCALS

Naval Communications Area Local Station

NAVSAFE

Royal Australian Navy Safety Program

Navsyscom

Navy System Command

NB

Naval Board

NB

Note well

NBC

Naval Base Camp (Second World War)

NBC

Nuclear, biological and chemical [weapons]

NBCAS

Non Battle Casualty

NBCD

Nuclear, biological and chemical defence

NBCDI

Nuclear, biological and chemical defence Instructor

NBCDO

Nuclear, biological and chemical defence Officer

NCAPS

Navy Control and Protection of Shipping

NCC

Naval Component Commander

NCO

Non commissioned Officer

NCRE

Naval Construction Research Establishment

NCS

Naval Control Service/Shipping

NCS(O)

Naval Control Service/Shipping Officer

NCSO

Naval Control Service/Shipping Officer

NDA

Naval Discipline Act

NDB

Non directional beacon

NDP

Naval Dockyard Police

NDP

Night Defence Position. Normally a hastily prepared position for a company sized unit on a sustained operation. (Vietnam War)

NDT

Non Destructive Test

NE

Narrative of events

NE

Not eligible

NEC

Necessary

NEFIS

Netherland Forces Intelligence Section

NEG

Negative

NEI

Netherlands East Indies

NEICA

Netherlands East Indies Civil Administration

NEO

Naval Embarkation Officer

NEPA

Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (USA)

NES

National Emergency Services

NF

Night Fighter

NF

The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

NFPS

National Forces for the People's Sovereignty - formed 7 Sept 64. By Dr PhamHuy Co - previously "Vietnam National Revolutionary Movement" an anti-Diem organisation which operated abroad since 1962. NFPS is against any council or convention appointed by the

NFRP

Northumberland Fusiliers Railway Pioneers

NFT

Night Flying Test

NFW

Not fair ware [damage]

NFZ

No Fire Zone. An area into which supporting fires cannot be placed. (Vietnam War)

NG

New Guinea

NGA

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Guidelines Area

NGAS

Naval Gunfire Air Spotting

NGDD

New Guinea Deployment Depot

NGF

New Guinea Force

NGF

Northern Group of Forces (USSR)

NGFALG

New Guinea Force Air Liaison Group

NGFS

Naval Gunfire Support (of forces ashore)

NGIB

New Guinea Infantry Battalion

NGLO

Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer (USA)

NGO

Non Government Organisation

NGOC

Naval Gunfire Operations Centre

NGS

Naval Gunfire Support

NGS

Naval Gunfire Support

NGSFO

Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observer

NGSLO

Naval Gunfire Support Liaison Officer

NGSSO

Naval Gunfire Support Staff Officer

NGVR

New Guinea Volunteer Rifles

NHQ

Navy Headquarters

NI

Naval Instructor

NI

Naval Intelligence

NI

Night

NIC

Non indigenous Civilian

NIC

National Intelligence Committee

NICA

Netherlands Indies Civil Affairs Organisation

NID

Naval Intelligence Division

NID

Naval Intelligence Division

NIGHT HUNTER

A technique using coordinated radar, artillery and air cavalry (Vietnam War)

NIGHT RAID

A planned operation against an intelligence target (Vietnam War)

NIGHTOWL

An Forward Air Control - controlled air strike during the dark using artificial illumination (Vietnam War)

NITECAP

An Integrated Civic Action Progamme during the hours of darkness with particular emphasis on psychological operations. The unit remains overnight in the hamlet in which the Nitecap is conducted. (Vietnam War)

nk

Not known

NKVD

Narodny Kammissariat Vnutrennikh Del (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs, USSR)

Nl

Netherlands

NLF

National Liberation Front (official title for Communist organisation in South Vietnam – dubbed Viet Cong by their opponents

NLFSVN

National Liberation Front for South Vietnam

NLO

Naval Liaison Officer

NLORV

Naval Liaison Officer, Royal Visit

NLT

Not Later Than

NM

National Medal

NM

Nautical Miles

NME

Non Military Employment.(Leave after Armistice - placement within industry)

NMP

Net material product

NNGPM

Netherlands New Guinea Petroleum Company

NNSC

Neutral Nations' Supervisory Commission for Korea

NO

Navy Office

NO

Navigating Officer

NO

Number

No

Norway

No 1 AAH

No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Harefield Park) [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 1 ACCS

No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 1 ADH

No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital (Bulford) [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 1 AGH

No 1 Australian General Hospital [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 1 ASH

No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 1 Aust Comd Dep

No 1 Australian Command Depot [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]

No 1 Bn O Tng Bde

No 1 Battalion, Overseas Training Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]

No 1 Coy ICC

No 1 Company, Imperial Camel Corps [First World War AIF Camel Corps Unit]

No 1 Dep CTC

No 1 Depot, Camel Transport Corps [First World War AIF Camel Corps Unit]

No 1 Sqdn AFC

No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (formerly No 67 (Australian) Squadron, RFC) [First World War AIF Flying Corps Unit]

No 14 AGH

No 14 Australian General Hospital [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 2 AAH

No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Southall) [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 2 ACCS

No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 2 AGH

No 2 Australian General Hospital [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 2 ASH

No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 2 Aust Ammtn Unit AAOC

No 2 Australian Ammunition Unit, Australian Army Ordnance Corps [First World War AIF Ordnace Unit]

No 2 Aust Comd Dep

No 2 Australian Command Depot (formerly Australian and New Zealand Base Depot) [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]

No 2 Bn O Tng Bde

No 2 Battalion, Overseas Training Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]

No 2 Dep CTC

No 2 Depot, Camel Transport Corps [First World War AIF Camel Corps Unit]

No 2 Gp

No 2 Group (formerly B Group, and then No 2 ‘B’ Group) [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]

No 2 Sqdn AFC

No 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (formerly No 68 (Australian) Squadron, RFC) [First World War AIF Flying Corps Unit]

No 3 AAH

No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Dartford) [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 3 ACCS

No 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 3 AGH

No 3 Australian General Hospital [First World War AIF Medical Unit]

No 3 Aust Base Reception Camp

No 3 Australian Base Reception Camp [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]

No 3 Aust Comd Dep

No 3 Australian Command Depot [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]

No 3 Bn O Tng Bde

No 3 Battalion, Overseas Training Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]

No 3 Fd Bty NZA

No 3 Field Battery, New Zealand Artillery [First World War New Zearland Unit]

No 3 Gp

No 3 Group [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]

No 3 Sect, 3rd Aust Div Sig Coy

No 3 Section, 3rd Australian Division Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]

No 3 Sqdn AFC

No 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (formerly No 69 (Australian) Squadron, RFC) [First World War AIF Flying Corps Unit]

No 4 Aust Comd Dep

No 4 Australian Command Depot [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]

No 4 Bn O Tng Bde

No 4 Battalion, Overseas Training Brigade [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]

No 4 Gp

No 4 Group [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]

No 4 Sqdn AFC

No 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (formerly No 71 Squadron, RFC) [First World War AIF Flying Corps Unit]

No 5 Gp

No 5 Group [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]

NOD

Naval Ordnance Department

NOD

Night Observation Devices

NOIC

Naval Officer in Charge

NOIC (SEA)

Naval Officer in Charge, (South East Australian Area)

NOK

Next of kin

NOL

Navy Office letter (RAN)

NOMEN

Nomenclature

NORCOM

Northern Command

Norfolk

The Royal Norfolk Regiment

Norgroup

Code Name for Group HQ controlling air operations in Northern Malaya

North Russian Campaign

North Russian Campaign 1918-1919 (Divina Force, General Headquarters Archangel, River Column Divina Force, Grogan’s Brigade, Headquarters Elope Force, Graham’s Brigade, Headquarterers Syren Force, Sadlier-Jackson Brigade, 8th Battalion Machine Gun Corps G

Northamptons

The Northamptonshire Regiment

NOTAL

Not To All Addresses

NOTAM

Notice to Airmen

NOTI

Notify

NOTICAS

Notification of Casualties

NPC

(after rank) Naval Police Coxswain

NPFF

National Police Field Force. A component of Government of [South] Vietnam's (GVN) National Police consisting of lightly armed tactical elements whose primary function was to eliminate Viet Cong Infrastructure (VCI) in conjunction with the Police Special B

NPT

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

NQ

Northern Queensland

NR

Naval Reserve (USA)

NR

Not Required

NREF

North Russian Expeditionary Force

NREL

Atheist

NREL

Agnostic

NREL

No Religion

NRF

Naval Reserve Surface Forces (USA)

NRL

Northern Rivers Lancers

NRL Hamlets

New Rural Life Hamlets - formed within the concept of the Government of [South] Vietnam (GVN) Pacification Plan – previously known as Strategic Hamlets

NRP

Non Registered Publication

NRR

Naval Raid Reporting

NRRF

North Russian Relief Force

NRS

Naval Records Section (USA)

NS

National Service

NSC

Nursing Service Cross

NSI

Non Standard Items

NSM

National Serviceman

NSO

Naval Staff Officer

NSR

Naval Staff Requirement

NST

Naval Staff Target

NST

Not Sooner Than

NSTS

Naval Sea Transport Service (United States Navy)

NSW

New South Wales

Nt

Night

NT

Northern Territory

NTLF

Northern Troops and Landing Force

NTM

Notice to move

NTO

Naval Transport Officer (First World War)

NTR

Nothing to Report

NUC

Not under control

NUC

Nuclear

NUC

Nurse

nuc

Nuclear

NVA

North Vietnamese Army (Vietnam War) aka PAVN

NWA

North Western Area

NYD

Not yet determined/diagnosed

NYD Gas

Not yet diagnosed Gas (First World War)

NYDN

Not yet diagnosed neurosis [shell shock] (First World War)

NYH

New Year Honours

NZ

New Zealand

NZ & A

New Zealand and Australian (First World War)

NZ & A Div Sig Coy

New Zealand and Australian Divisional Signal Company [First World War New Zearland Unit]

NZ & Aust Div Sig Coy

New Zealand and Australian Division Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]

NZ Cyclist Coy

New Zealand Cyclist Company [First World War New Zearland Unit]

NZ Div Sup Coln

New Zealand Divisional Supply Column [First World War New Zearland Unit]

NZ Fd Amb

New Zealand Field Ambulance [First World War New Zearland Unit]

NZ Mtd Fd Amb

New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance [First World War New Zearland Unit]

NZA

New Zealand Army

NZASC

New Zealand Army Service Corps

NZATTV

New Zealand Army Training Team Vietnam

NZEF

New Zealand Expeditionary Force (First World War)

NZFA

New Zealand Field Artillery

NZJSLS

New Zealand Joint Services Liaison Staff

NZMC

New Zealand Medical Corps (First World War)

NZMF

New Zealand Military Force

NZSAS

New Zealand Special Air Services

NZV Force

NZ Army Force (Vietnam)