Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
Glossary
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Glossary
AAMC | Australian Army Medical Corps |
A & D | Admission and Discharge |
ADDS | Assistant Director of Dental Services |
ADH | Assistant Director of Hygiene |
ADMS | Assistant Director of Medical Services |
ADS | Advanced Dressing Station |
AEWS | Army Education and Welfare Service |
AFHQ | Allied Force Headquarters |
AFS | American Field Service |
AIF | Australian Imperial Force |
AMCU | Anti-malaria Control Unit |
APD | Assault Personnel, Destroyer |
ARP | Air Raid Precautions |
ASC | Army Service Corps |
AS/MS (flotilla) | Anti-submarine/Mine-sweeping |
ATS | Anti-tetanus Serum |
BDS | Beach Dressing Station |
BEF | British Expeditionary Force |
BID | Brought in Dead |
BMA | British Medical Association |
BTE | British Troops in Egypt |
CCS | Casualty Clearing Station |
CD | Contagious Disease |
CMF | Central Mediterranean Force |
CO | Commanding Officer |
CRS | Camp Reception Station |
DDMS | Deputy Director of Medical Services |
DDP | Deputy Director of Pathology |
DDS | Director of Dental Services |
DGH | Director-General of Health |
DGMS | Director-General of Medical Services |
DJAG | Deputy Judge Advocate General |
DMS | Director of Medical Services |
DQMG | Deputy Quartermaster-General |
EENT | Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat |
EFTS | Elementary Flying Training School |
EMS | Emergency Medical Service |
ENT | Ear, Nose and Throat |
EPIP (tent) | European Privates, Indian Pattern |
EPS | Emergency Precautions Scheme |
FDS | Field Dressing Station |
FSU | Field Surgical Unit |
FTU | Field Transfusion Unit |
GHQ | General Headquarters |
GOC | General Officer Commanding |
HMT | His Majesty's Troopship (Transport)page 431 |
HQ | Headquarters |
HS | Hospital Ship |
IP (tent) | Indian Pattern |
IPP (tent) | Indian Pattern, Privates |
ITW | Initial Training Wing |
LCI | Landing Craft, Infantry |
LCM | Landing Craft, Mechanised |
LCT | Landing Craft, Tank |
L of C | Line of Communication |
LST | Landing Ship, Tank |
MAC | Motor Ambulance Convoy |
MDS | Main Dressing Station |
MEF | Middle East Force |
MI Room | Medical Inspection Room |
MI Unit | Medical Investigation Unit |
MO | Medical Officer |
MRC | Medical Research Council |
MSU | Mobile Surgical Unit |
NAAFI | Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes |
NCO | Non-commissioned officer |
NZANS | New Zealand Army Nursing Service |
NZDC | New Zealand Dental Corps |
NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
NZEF (IP) | New Zealand Expeditionary Force (in Pacific) |
NZEF (UK) | New Zealand Expeditionary Force (United Kingdom) |
NZGH | New Zealand General Hospital |
NZMC | New Zealand Medical Corps |
OC | Officer Commanding |
OCTU | Officer Cadet Training Unit |
ORA | Operation Room Assistant |
ORs | Other Ranks |
OUMC | Otago University Medical Company |
PA | Prophylactic Ablution |
PAD | Passive Air Defence |
PMO | Principal Medical Officer |
PUO | Pyrexia of Unknown Origin |
PW | Prisoner of War |
QM | Quartermaster |
QMG | Quartermaster-General |
RAMC | Royal Army Medical Corps |
RAP | Regimental Aid Post |
RMO | Regimental Medical Officer |
RNVR | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
RNZAF | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
RNZN | Royal New Zealand Navy |
RNZNR | Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve |
RNZNVR | Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve |
RTU | Reinforcement Transit Unit |
S & W | Sick and Wounded |
SBA | Sick-berth Attendant |
SBMO | Senior British Medical Officer |
SMO | Senior Medical Officer |
Stalag | Prison Camp, Other Ranks (in Germany)page 432 |
TAB | Typhoid, Paratyphoid A and B (vaccine) |
Tb | Tuberculosis |
USMC | United States Marine Corps |
VAD | Voluntary Aid Detachment |
VD | Venereal Disease |
VDTC | Venereal Disease Treatment Centre |
WAAC | Women's Army Auxiliary Corps |
WAAF | Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
WO | Warrant Officer |
WRNZNS | Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service |
WWSA | Women's War Service Auxiliary |