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The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War 1914-1918
Abbreviations
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Abbreviations.
| "A" | Administrative Staff. | |
| A.A.G. | Assistant Adjutant General. | |
| A.A.M.C. or A.M.C. | Australian Army Medical Corps. | |
| A.A. & Q.M.G. | Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General. | |
| A.D.M.S. | Assistant Director of Medical Services. | |
| A.D.O. | Administrative Dental Officer. | |
| A.D.S. | Advanced Dressing Station. | |
| A.I.F. | Australian Imperial Force. | |
| A.L.H. | Australian Light Horse. | |
| A.M.S. | Army Medical Service. | |
| A. & N.Z.A.C. | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. | |
| A.P.M. | Assistant Provost Marshal. | |
| A.Q.M.G. | Assistant Quartermaster General. | |
| A.S.C. | Army Service Corps. | |
| A.T.S. | Antitetanic Serum. | |
| B.I.P. | Bismuth, Iodoform, Parolin (paste). | |
| B.R.P. | Bearer Relay Post. | |
| C.A.M.C | Canadian Army Medical Corps. | |
| C.C.S. | Casualty Clearing Station. | |
| C.G.S. | Chief of the General Staff. | |
| C.M.D.S. | Corps Main Dressing Station. | |
| C.P.D.I. | Chronic Pulmonary Disease, Ideterminate. | |
| C.R.E. | Commanding Royal Engineers. | |
| C.S.M. | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | |
| C.T. | Communication Trench. | |
| D.A.A.G. | Deputy Assistant Adjutant General. | |
| D.A.C. | Divisional Ammunition Column. | |
| D.A.D.M.S. | Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services. | |
| D.A.H. | Disordered Action of the Heart. | |
| D.A.Q.M.G. | Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General. | |
| D.D.M.S. | Deputy Director of Medical Services. | |
| D.G.M.S. | Director General of Medical Services. | |
| D.D.S. | Director of Dental Services. | |
| D.M.H. | Director of Military Hospitals, | |
| D.O.R.A. | Defence of the Realm Act. | |
| D.R.S. | Divisional Rest Station. | |
| E.T. | Early Treatment (V.D.). | |
| "G" | General Staff. | |
| G.H.Q. | General Headquarters. | |
| G.O.C | General Officer Commanding. | |
| G.S. | General Service. | |
| I.G.S. | Imperial General Staff. | |
| I.M.S. | Indian Medical Service. | |
| L.O.C. | Lines of Communication. | |
| M.A.C. | Motor Ambulance Convoy. | |
| M.C.V. | Mixed Catarrhal Vaccine. | |
| M.E.F. | Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. | |
| M.O. | Medical Officer. | |
| M.T.A.S.C. | Motor Transport Army Service Corps. | |
| N.C.O. | Non-Commissioned Officer. | |
| N.C.I. | Napthalin, Camphor, Iodoform (powder). | |
| N.T.O. | Naval Transport Officer.page xi | |
| N.Y.D. | Not yet Diagnosed | |
| N.Z.A.N.S. | New Zealand Army Nursing Service. | |
| N.Z.D.C. | New Zealand Dental Corps. | |
| N.Z.E. | New Zealand Engineers. | |
| N.Z.E.F. | New Zealand Expeditionary Force. | |
| N.Z.F.A. | New Zealand Field Artillery. | |
| N.Z.G.H. | New Zealand General Hospital- | |
| N.Z.M.B.F.A. | New Zealand Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance. | |
| N.Z.M.C. | New Zealand Medical Corps. | |
| N.Z.M.R | New Zealand Mounted Rifles. | |
| N.Z.P.S. | New Zealand Permanent Staff. | |
| N.Z.R.B. | New Zealand Rifle Brigade. | |
| N.Z.S.C. | New Zealand Staff Corps. | |
| O.C. | Officer Commanding. | |
| O.R. | Other Ranks. | |
| P.B. | Permanent Base. | |
| P.D.M.S. | Principal Director of Medical Services. | |
| P.M.O. | Principal Medical Officer. | |
| P.O.W. | Prisoner of War. | |
| P.U.O. | Pyrexia of Uncertain Origin. | |
| "Q" | Quartermaster's Branch of the Staff. | |
| Q.A.I.M.N.S. | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service. | |
| Q.M. | Quartermaster. | |
| Q.M.G. | Quartermaster-General. | |
| R.A.M.C. | Royal Army Medical Corps. | |
| R.A.P. | Regimental Aid Post. | |
| R.E. | Royal Engineers. | |
| R.H.A | Royal Horse Artillery. | |
| R.M.O. | Regimental Medical Officer. | |
| S.B. | Stretcher Bearer. | |
| S.M.O. | Senior Medical Officer. | |
| T.A.B. | Typhoid, Paratyphoid A. and B. (Vaccine). | |
| T.F. | Territorial Force. | |
| T.V. | Typhoid Vaccine. | |
| V.A.D. | Voluntary Aid Detachment. | |
| V.D. | Venereal Disease. |