The Home Front Volume I
Abbreviations
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Abbreviations
A to J | Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives |
ad | advertisement |
admin | administration |
Admlty | Admiralty |
aet | aged |
AEWS | Army Education and Welfare Service |
Aff | Affairs |
AIF | Australian Imperial Force |
ANZUS | Australia–New Zealand–United States |
App | Appendix |
Assn, Assoc | Association, Associated |
ARP | Air Raid Precautions |
ASRS | Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants |
Asst | Assistant |
ATC | Air Training Corps |
ATL | Alexander Turnbull Library |
AUC | Auckland University College (now University of Auckland) |
Auck | Auckland |
Aust | Australia |
b | born |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
b’casting | broadcasting |
Bd | Board |
BEF | British Expeditionary Force |
BEM | British Empire Medal |
BHS | Boys High School |
BMA | British Medical Association |
br | Branch |
C & P | Censorship & Publicity |
Cab | Cabinet |
Canty | Canterbury |
CAS | Chief of the Air Staff |
CB | Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bathpage xxii |
CBE | Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
CBS | Columbia Broadcasting System |
CIGS | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
CGS | Chief of the General Staff |
CH | Companion of Honour |
Chanc Exch | Chancellor of the Exchequer |
Chap | Chaplain |
Chch | Christchurch |
chmn | chairman |
C-in-C | Commander-in-Chief |
cmdr | commanding officer |
CMG | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Cmssn | Commission |
Cmssnr | Commissioner |
cmte | committee |
Cncl | Council |
CNS | Chief of Naval Staff |
Co | Company |
Col | Colonel, colonial |
Conf | Conference |
Co-op | Co-operative |
Corp | Corporation |
CORSO | Council of Organisations for Relief Service Overseas |
COS | Chiefs of Staff |
CPS | Christian Pacifist Society |
CSI | Companion of the Order of the Star of India |
CStJ | Companion of the Order of St John of Jerusalem |
CUC | Canterbury University College (now University of Canterbury) |
C’wealth | Commonwealth |
d | died |
DCM | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
DBE | Dame of the British Empire |
Def | Defence |
Dep | Deputy |
Dept | Department |
DFC | Distinguished Flying Cross |
DHS | District High School |
Dir | Directorpage xxiii |
Div | Division |
Dom | Dominion |
DSIR | Department of Scientific and Industrial Research |
DSM | Distinguished Service Medal |
DSO | Distinguished Service Order |
Dun | Dunedin |
Ed | Editor |
ED | Efficiency Decoration |
Educ | Education, educated |
EFS | Emergency Fire Service |
EPS | Emergency Precautions Scheme |
Exec | Executive |
Ext Aff | External Affairs |
FCIS | Fellow of Chartered Institute of Secretaries |
fdtn | foundation |
Fedn | Federation |
FNZIE | Fellow of New Zealand Institute of Engineers |
FoL | Federation of Labour |
FRAM | Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music |
FRCS | Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons |
FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society |
GBE | Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
GCB | Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath |
GCIE | Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire |
GCMG | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George |
GCSI | Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India |
GCVO | Knight or Dame Grand Cross of Royal Victorian Order |
Gen | General |
GGNZ | Governor-General of New Zealand |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
GOC | General Officer Commanding |
Gov Gen | Governor General |
Govt | Government |
HC | High Commissioner |
HoC | House of Commonspage xxiv |
HoL | House of Lords |
Hon | Honourable, Honorary |
HoR | House of Representatives |
HQ | Headquarters |
IA | Internal Affairs |
i/c | in charge of |
IGS | Imperial General Staff |
ILO | International General Staff |
Imp | Imperial |
IMTFE | International Military Tribunal for the Far East |
Indep | Independent |
Inf Bde | Infantry Brigade |
Inst | Institute |
Int Aff | Internal Affairs |
ISO | Imperial Service Order |
ISS | International Student Service |
JP | Justice of the Peace |
KBE | Knight Commander of the British Empire |
KC | King’s Counsel |
KCB | Knight Commander of the Bath |
KCMG | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
KG | Knight of the Order of the Garter |
KStJ | Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem |
Kt | Knight Bachelor |
Lab | Labour |
Lib | Liberal |
LIB | Bachelor of Laws |
LM | Legion of Merit |
LoN | League of Nations |
LRC | Labour Representation Committee |
Lt | Lieutenant |
MA | Maori Affairs |
MBE | Member of the Order of the British Empire |
MC | Military Cross |
memb | member |
Meth | Methodist |
mngr | managerpage xxv |
MHR | Member of the House of Representatives |
MICE | Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers |
mid | Mentioned in Despatches |
Min | Minister |
Miny | Ministry |
MLA | Member of the Legislative Assembly |
MLC | Member of the Legislative Council |
MM | Military Medal |
MP | Member of Parliament |
MS | Manuscript |
Nat | National |
NBS | National Broadcasting Service |
NCO | non-commissioned officer |
NS | National Service Department |
NZANS | New Zealand Army Nursing Service |
NZBC | New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation |
NZBS | New Zealand Broadcasting Service |
NZCPS | New Zealand Christian Pacifist Society |
NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
NZEI | New Zealand Educational Institute |
NZFU | New Zealand Farmers’ Union |
NZLA | New Zealand Library Association |
NZLS | New Zealand Library Service |
NZMC | New Zealand Medical Corps |
NZPA | New Zealand Press Association |
NZPD | New Zealand Parliamentary Debates |
NZRB | New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
NZRSA | New Zealand Returned Services Association |
NZU | University of New Zealand |
NZWWU | New Zealand Waterside Workers Union |
OBE | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
OC | Officer Commanding |
Off | Officer |
OM | Order of Merit |
ONS | Organisation for National Security |
Oppos | Opposition |
Orch | Orchestra |
OU | Otago University (now University of Otago) |
Oxon | Oxford University |
P & T | Post and Telegraph |
Pac | Pacificpage xxvi |
Parly | Parliamentary |
PC | Privy Councillor |
PEN | Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Editors and Novelists |
PM | Prime Minister, Prime Minister’s Department |
PMG | Postmaster-General |
POW | prisoner-of-war |
PPU | Peace Pledge Union |
Pres | President |
Presby | Presbyterian |
PRO | Public Relations Officer |
Prof | Professor |
PSA | Public Service Association |
pt | part |
PWD | Public Works Department |
QC | Queen’s Counsel |
QM | Quartermaster |
QMG | Quartermaster-General |
RAF | Royal Air Force |
Rehab | Rehabilitation |
rep | representative |
Rev | Reverend |
RFC | Royal Flying Corps |
RNAS | Royal Naval Air Service |
RNR | Royal Naval Reserve |
RNVR | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
RNZAF | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
RSA | Returned Services Association |
Rt | Right |
RTA | Railway Trades Association |
Sec | Secretary |
SM | Stipendiary Magistrate |
S Mil Cmd | Southern Military Command |
Soc | Society |
SSDA | Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs |
Superint | Superintendent |
Ty | Treasury |
TEAL | Trans-Empire Air Line |
TV | Televisionpage xxvii |
UKHC | United Kingdom High Commissioner |
UN | United Nations |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
USA | United States of America |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
UNRRA | United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
VAD | Voluntary Aid Detachment |
VC | Victoria Cross |
VD | Volunteer Decoration, venereal disease |
Ven | Venerable |
vol | volume |
VUC | Victoria University College (now Victoria University of Wellington) |
WAAC | Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps |
WAAF | Women’s Auxiliary Air Force |
WCC | Waterfront Control Commission |
WDFU | Women’s Division of the Farmer’s Union |
WEA | Workers’ Education Association |
Wgtn | Wellington |
WHF | War History File |
WHN | War History Narrative |
WRNZNS | Women’s Royal New Zealand Naval Service |
WVS | Women’s Voluntary Services |
WW | World War |
WWSA | Women’s War Service Auxiliary |
Yearbook | New Zealand Official Year-book |
YMCA | Young Men’s Christian Association |
YWCA | Young Women’s Christian Association |
Note regarding newspaper material cited in footnotes: where no pagination is given the citation is from the editorial.
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