| 1 LHFA | 1st Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance |
| 1 NZGH | No1 NZ General Hospital - Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. |
| 1/1 East Lancs FA | 1/1 East Lancashire Field Ambulance |
| 1/2 WRFA | 1/2 Western Riding Field Ambulance |
| 15th General Hospital | Alexandria, Cairo |
| 17th General Hospital | Alexandria, Cairo |
| 19th General Hospital | Alexandria, Cairo |
| 1AAH | 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Luna Park, Cairo |
| 1AGH | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| 1NZEF | Name change of the NZ Expeditionary Force when World War Two broke out |
| 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital | Luna Park, Cairo |
| 1st Australian General Hospital | Heliopolis Palace, Cairo |
| 2 Lt | Second Lieutenant |
| 2 NZGH | No 2 NZ General Hospital - Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England. |
| 2/1 East Lancs FA | 2/1 East Lancashire Field Ambulance |
| 2/2 WFRA | 2/2 Western Riding Field Ambulance |
| 22nd Corps MVD | 22nd Corps Mobile Veterinary Division |
| 22nd Corps R/Camp | 22nd [XXII] Corps Reinforcement Camp, Abeele |
| 2AGH | 2nd Australian General Hospital |
| 2nd ANZAC MVD | 2nd ANZAC Mobile Veterinary Division |
| 2nd Australian General Hospital | Gezirah Palace, Cairo |
| 2nd Corp | 2nd Corporal |
| 2nd Lieut | 2nd Lieutenant |
| 2nd NZ Stat Hosp | Brockenhurst, Hampshire - known as 1st NZ General Hospital after May 1916 |
| 3 NZGH | No 3 NZ General Hospital - Codford St Mary, Wiltshire, England |
| 4B | Is actually FP (Field Punishment) but looks like 4B or 4P |
| A [Classified] | Fit for active service |
| A [Disabled officer or nurse] | Fit for general service |
| A Group | Group classification awaiting a ship home |
| A/ | Acting |
| A/Cpl | Acting Corporal |
| A/H | Admitted hospital |
| A/Sgt | Acting Sergeant |
| A1 [Classified] | Fit for active service |
| AANS | Australian Auxiliary Nursing Service |
| AB | Auckland Battalion |
| Abbasich | Canadian Stationary Hospital, Alexandria |
| Abbassia | Hospital, Cairo. See EGYPTIAN HOSPITALS. PRESS, VOLUME LI, ISSUE 15344, 30 JULY 1915 |
| Abeele | 22nd [XXII] Corps Reinforcement Camp, Abeele |
| Aboukir | Rest home for nursing staff, Port Said, Egypt |
| abs/w/l | Absent without leave |
| Adj | Adjutant |
| Adm | Admitted |
| ADMS | Assistant Director of Medical Services |
| ADS | Advanced Dressing Station |
| Adv Base | Advanced Base |
| AEC | Area Employment Company |
| AGH | Australian General Hospital |
| AI | Auckland Infantry |
| AIB | Auckland Infantry Battalion |
| AIF | Australian Imperial Force |
| AklReg | Auckland Regiment |
| Alder Hay | Liverpool Orthopoedic Centre, Liverpool |
| Aldershot | Hampshire - a garrison town |
| ALH | Australian Light Horse |
| Amm Park | Ammunition Park |
| Amn Coln | Ammunition Column |
| AMR | Auckland Mounted Rifles |
| ANS | Army Nursing Service |
| ANZAC | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| ANZAC (Place) | ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| ANZAC Prov C | ANZAC Provost Corps (based Southampton Row, London ?) |
| AOC | Army Ordnance Corps |
| AOR | At Own Request |
| Aotea | Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, Egpyt |
| APC | ANZAC Provost Corps (based Southampton Row, London ?) |
| APC | Army Pay Corps |
| APC GMP | ANZAC Provost Corps Garrison Military Police |
| APD | Auckland Provincial Detachment [at Sling Camp awaiting a ship home] |
| APM | Assistant Provost Marshall [London ?] |
| APMC | Almeric Paget Massage Corps |
| APMMC | Almeric Paget Military Massage Corps |
| App | Appointed |
| Apptd | Appointed |
| APR | Awaiting Passage Return |
| APS | Army Postal Service |
| AQMG | Assistant Quarter Master General |
| AR | Auckland Regiment |
| Ar Ser Corps | Army Service Corps |
| ARRC | Associate Royal Red Cross |
| Artificer | a skilled mechanic in the armed forces |
| AS | Active Service |
| AS Corps | Army Service Corps |
| ASC | Army Sanitary Committee |
| ASC | Army Service Corps |
| ASC (MT) | Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) |
| ASH | Australian Stationary Hospital |
| AT | Ambulance Transport |
| Att S | Attached strength |
| Attchd | Attached |
| Attd | Attached |
| Auck | Auckland |
| Aus Tun Co | Australian Tunnelling Company |
| Aus Tun Coy | Australian Tunnelling Company |
| Avondale | Camp at Avondale Racecourse, Auckland - original base for Maori Battalion in October 1914 |
| Awapuni | Camp at Awapuni Racecourse, Palmerston North - base for NZ Medical Corps and others |
| AWL | Absent with leave |
| AWOL | Absent without leave |
| B [Classified] | Fit for service in a garrison or labour unit abroad |
| B [Disabled officer] | Fit for service in a garrison or labour unit abroad |
| B Group | Group classification awaiting a ship home |
| B1 [Classified] | Able to be made fit by medical treatment |
| BAC | Brigade Ammunition Column |
| Barton | Barton-on-Sea Convalescent Hospital, Hampshire |
| Barton on Sea | Barton-on-Sea Convalescent Hospital, Hampshire |
| Batt | Battalion |
| BCOF | British Commonwealth Occupation Force |
| BDE | Brigade |
| Bde Transport | Brigade Transport |
| Bdr | Bombardier |
| Belton Park | NZ Machine Gun Corps training camp at Grantham, Lincolnshire, England |
| B'Hurst | Brockenhurst (1st NZ General Hospital) |
| Bletchley | Buckinghamshire - Royal Engineers signal depot, later a wireless depot |
| BM | Brigade Major |
| Bn | Battalion |
| BOD | Base Ordnance Department |
| Boscombe | NZ Engineers, Tunnellers and Pioneer Camp, between Christchurch and Boscombe, Dorset |
| BOW | Base Ordnance Workshop |
| BQMS | Battery Quarter Master Sergeant |
| BRC | British Red Cross |
| BRCH | British Red Cross Hospital |
| BRD | Base Reception Depot |
| Brightlinsea | NZ Engineers Training Depot, Brightlinsea, Essx |
| Brighton | NZ Officers and Nurses Convalescent Homes |
| Brockenhurst | Known as NZ No 2 Stationary Hospital before May 1916 |
| Brockenhurst | No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England |
| Brocton | NZ Rifle Brigade Reserves Camp, Brocton, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire |
| Btn | Battalion |
| Bty | Battery |
| Bulford | Bulford, Wiltshire, England - site of Sling Camp |
| BW | Bullet wound |
| C [Disabled officer or nurse] | Fit for home service - (i) active duty with troops |
| C [Disabled officer or nurse] | Fit for home service - (ii) sedentary employment only |
| C of E | Court of Enquiry |
| C/C | Is actually L/C Lance Corporal but looks like C/C |
| C1 [Classified] | Likely to become fit for service overseas after special training |
| C1 Camp [New Zealand] | C1 - Likely to become fit for service overseas after special training |
| C2 [Classified] | Permanently unfit for active service but fit for service in New Zealand |
| Can CCS | Canadian Casualty Clearing Station |
| Can GH | Canadian General Hospital |
| Can Stat Hosp | Canadian Stationary Hospital |
| Cannock Chase | NZ Rifle Brigade Reserves Camp, Brocton, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire |
| CantReg | Canterbury Regiment |
| Canty | Canterbury |
| Capt | Captain |
| Cas | Casualty |
| Cashmere Military Sanatorium, Christchurch | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| CB | Confined to Barracks |
| CB | Order of the Bath - Companion |
| CBE | Order of the British Empire |
| CCS | Casualty Clearing Station |
| CD | Convalescent Depot |
| Chadderton | NZ Field Artillery Reserve Depot, Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire |
| Chickerell | ANZAC Depot, Chickerell, Weymouth until NZ Depot opened at Hornchurch in April 1918 |
| Christchurch | NZ Engineers, Tunnellers and Pioneer Camp, Christchurch, Dorset |
| Christchurch Hospital Chalmers Ward | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| CI | Canterbury Infantry |
| CIB | Canterbury Infantry Battallion |
| CIF Contact | Contagious infection ?? |
| Citadel Hospital, Cairo | Moquattam Hills, Cairo. See EGYPTIAN HOSPITALS. PRESS, VOLUME LI, ISSUE 15344, 30 JULY 1915 |
| Classified A [Disabled officer or nurse] | Fit for general service |
| Classified A1 | Fit for active service |
| Classified B [Disabled officer] | Fit for service in a garrison or labour unit abroad |
| Classified B1 | Able to be made fit by medical treatment |
| Classified C [Disabled officer or nurse] | Fit for home service - (i) active duty with troops |
| Classified C [Disabled officer or nurse] | Fit for home service - (ii) sedentary employment only |
| Classified C1 | Likely to become fit for service overseas after special training |
| Classified C2 | Permanently unfit for active service but fit for service in New Zealand |
| Classified D | Permanently unfit |
| Classified D [Disabled officer or nurse] | For admission to a command depot |
| Classified E [Disabled officer] | Requiring indoor hospital treatment - (i) in an officers military of auxiliary convalescent hospital |
| Classified E [Disabled officer] | Requiring indoor hospital treatment - (ii) in an officers hospital |
| Classified F [Disabled officer or nurse] | Permanently unfit for any further military service |
| CMG | Order of St Michael & St George - Companion |
| CMR | Canterbury Mounted Rifles |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| Co | Company |
| Codf | Codford Camp, Wiltshire, England |
| Codford | 3rd NZ General Hospital also Convalescent Hospital |
| Codford | NZEF Camp, Codford, Wiltshire, England |
| COE | Church of England |
| COE | Court of Enquiry |
| Coln | Column |
| Com Dep | NZ Command Depot, Codford |
| Command Depot | NZ Command Depot, Codford |
| Comp Btn | Composite Battalion |
| Comp Coy | Composite Company |
| Con Dep | Convalescent Depot |
| Conduct to the prej of gd ord & mil disc | Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military disciplne |
| Conv Dep | Convalescent Depot, Hornchurch |
| Conv Hosp | Codford - No 3 NZ General Hospital Convalescent |
| Conv Hosp | Hornchurch - NZ Convalescent Hospital |
| Corps | A group of divisions |
| Coy | Company |
| Coy QMS | Company Quarter Master Sergeant |
| Coy SM | Company Sergeant Major |
| CPD | Canterbury Provincial Depot (at Sling Camp awaiting a ship home) |
| CPDI | Chronic Pulmonary Disease Indeterminate |
| Cpl | Corporal |
| CPT | Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis |
| CQMS | Company Quarter Master Sergeant |
| CRE | Commander Royal Engineers |
| Cse | Course |
| CSM | Company Sergeant Major |
| CTBA | Ceases to be attached |
| CWGC | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Cyclists | New Zealand Cyclists Battalion |
| D [Classified] | Permanently unfit |
| D [Disabled officer or nurse] | For admission to a command depot |
| DAC | Divisional Ammunition Column |
| DADMS | Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services |
| DAH [on Medical Reports] | Disordered action of the heart |
| Dang ill | On dangerously ill list |
| DAPM | Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal |
| DAS | Died at sea |
| DB | Detention Barracks |
| DCM | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| DCM | District Courth Martial |
| DDS | Defence Dental Service |
| Deaconess Hospital | Sisters of Mercy Hospitals - Cairo and also Alexandria, Greece |
| DEC | Divisional Employment Company |
| Demob | Demobilization |
| Dent Corps | Dental Corps |
| Dep of L/stripe | Deprivation of Lance stripe |
| Detach | Detachment |
| Devonport | Devonport, Devon, England |
| DHQ | Divisional Headquarters |
| DI [Medical Term] | Dangerously ill [Placed on DI List] |
| Disch | Discharged |
| Dischdg | Discharged |
| Div | Division |
| Div Cav | Divisional Cavalry |
| Div Sig | Divisional Signals |
| DMC | Desert Mounted Corps [DMC Camp, Port Said] |
| DMS | Director of Medical Services |
| DOD | Died of disease |
| DOI | Died of illness |
| DOW | Died of wounds |
| DOW | Duration of War |
| DP Services | Deserters |
| DRS | Divisional Rest Station |
| DSO | Distinguished Service Order |
| Dtls | Details |
| Dunedin | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| Dvr | Driver |
| E | Engineers |
| E [Disabled officer] | Requiring indoor hospital treatment - (i) in an officers military of auxiliary convalescent hospital |
| E [Disabled officer] | Requiring indoor hospital treatment - (ii) in an officers hospital |
| E/D Pay | Extra Duty Pay |
| Ech | Echelon |
| ED | Efficiency Decoration |
| EEF | Egyptian Expeditionary Force |
| EFT | Engineer - Field Troop |
| EGH | Egyptian General Hospital |
| El Moascar | NZEF Camp near Ismailia |
| Emb | Embarked |
| Embn | Embarkation |
| Emp Coy | Employment Company |
| Engr | Engineer |
| Ent Bn | Entrenching Batallion |
| Entg Bn | Entrenching Batallion |
| ERS | Education and Rehabilitation Services |
| Etaples | NZ Reinforcement camp, Etaples, France |
| ETC | NZ Engineers Tunnelling Corps |
| Ewshot | NZ Field Artillery Camp, Ewshot, Hampshire (Sometimes spelt Eweshot). Also Medical Corps training |
| F [Disabled officer or nurse] | Permanently unfit for any further military service |
| FA | Field Ambulance |
| FAB | Field Artillery Battalion |
| Far Sergt | Farrier Sergeant |
| Far Sgt | Farrier Sergeant |
| Fd Amb | Field Ambulance |
| Fd Co | Field Company |
| Fd Coy | Field Company |
| Fd Wksps | Field Workshops |
| Featherston | Featherston Camp, Wairarapa, New Zealand - also hospital |
| Feby | February (looks like July) |
| FGCM | Field General Court Martial |
| Fld | Field |
| Forest Park | 1st NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst |
| FP | Is actually HP for hospital |
| FP1 | Field Punishment No. 1 |
| FP2 | Field Punishment No. 2 |
| FPC | Field Punishment Compound |
| Fr | France |
| FSS | Field Security Section/Service |
| Fston | Featherston Camp, Wairarapa, New Zealand - also hospital |
| GBD | General Base Depot |
| GCM | General Court Martial |
| Gen Hosp | General Hospital |
| Gezirah | Anglo American Hospital, Cairo. See EGYPTIAN HOSPITALS. PRESS, VOLUME LI, ISSUE 15344, 30 JULY 1915 |
| Gezirah | Regina Palace also known as Gezirah Palace Hospital, Cairo - 2nd Australian General Hospital |
| GH | General Hospital |
| Ghajn Tuffieha | Convalescent Camp, Malta |
| Ghezirah [Gezirah] | 2nd Australian General Hopital, Egypt |
| Ghizel | Red Cross Hospital, Cairo |
| GMP | Garrison Military Police |
| Gnr | Gunner |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding |
| Grantham | NZ Machine Gun Corps Depot, Lincolnshire, England |
| GRC | Graves Registration Commission - Later Imperial then Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Grey Towers | New Zealand Convalescent Hospital - Hornchurch, Essex |
| GRU | Graves Registration Unit - Later Imperial then Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| GSO | General Staff Officer |
| GSW | Gunshot Wound |
| GSW RWU | Gunshot wound - remaining with unit |
| H'Church | Hornchurch (NZ Convalescent Hospital) |
| Heliopolis | Heliopolis Palace - 1st Australian General Hospital, Egypt |
| Heliopolis | Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, Egpyt |
| Helouan | Convalescent Hospital, Egypt |
| Hitchin | NZ Signallers Reserve Depot, Hitchin near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England |
| HMNZHS | His Majesty's NZ Hospital Ship |
| HMNZTS | His Majesty's NZ Troopship |
| Hornchurch | Established 1916 as NZ General Depot, later NZEF Convalescent Hospital |
| Hornchurch | NZEF Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, Essex |
| Hosp | Hospital |
| Hospital - Auckland Hospital Annexe | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| Hospital - Featherston Camp | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| Hospital - Narrow Neck Military | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| Hospital - Queen Mary's , Hanmer Springs | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| Hospital - Trentham Camp | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| Queen Mary's Hospital, Hanmer Springs | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| HS | Hospital Ship |
| ICC | Imperial Camel Corps |
| ICT [Medical Term] | Inflammation connecting tissue |
| IDK [Medical Term] | Internal derangement of the knee |
| IHL | Imprisonment with Hard Labour |
| Imperial | Imperial or British Army |
| Inf | Infantry |
| Inf Bde Hqrs | Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
| Instr | Instructor |
| Instrn | Instruction |
| Ismailia | NZ Base Camp, Egypt - major rail junction |
| Isol Hosp | Isolation Hospital |
| IWGC | Imperial War Graves Commission (later Commonwealth War Graves Commission) |
| Jnd | Joined |
| Kasr El Aini Hospital | Cairo West. See EGYPTIAN HOSPITALS. PRESS, VOLUME LI, ISSUE 15344, 30 JULY 1915 |
| KCB | Order of the Bath - Knight Companion |
| KCMG | Order of St Michael & St George - Knight Companion |
| KHDS | King's Honorary Dental Surgeon |
| KIA | Killed in Action |
| King George V Hospital, Rotorua | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| L/Bdr | Lance Bombardier |
| L/Corp | Lance Corporal |
| L/Sgt | Lance Sergeant |
| Lady Godley's | Convalescent Hospital, Egypt |
| Larkhill | NZEF Camp, Larkhill, Wiltshire |
| LDS | Member of Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church) |
| Left for canal | Suez Canal |
| LFO | Leave with pay until further orders on Demob. |
| LGS | Lewis Gun School |
| LH | Light Horse Brigade (Australian) |
| LH Bde | Light Horse Brigade (Australian) |
| LHFA | Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance |
| Lieut | Lieutenant |
| London | NZEF Headquarters |
| Lowry Bay Convalecent Home, Wellington | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| LROS | Light Railways Operating Section |
| LRTC | Light Railway Train Crew (21st Engineers) |
| Lt | Lieutenant |
| Lt-Col | Lieutenant Colonel |
| LTMB | Light Trench Mortar Brigade |
| Luna Park | 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Luna Park, Cairo |
| LWOP | Leave without pay |
| LWP | Leave with pay |
| LWPUFO | Leave with pay until further orders on Demob. |
| M & HTM | Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar [Brigade] |
| M I Hospital | Military Infectious Hospital |
| M/I | Marched In |
| M/in | Marched In |
| M/O | Marched Out |
| M/out | Marched Out |
| M/U | Medically Unfit |
| Main Body | First detachment of New Zealand Expeditionary Force - left NZ October 1914 |
| Maj | Major |
| Manor Hospital, Epsom | Epsom, Surrey - from 1916 becane Manor War Hospital |
| Manor War Hospital, Epsom | Epsom, Surrey |
| Maoris | New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion |
| May Morn | A tent camp near Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington |
| MB | Medical Board |
| MBE | Order of the British Empire - Member |
| MBH | Mounted Brigade Headquarters |
| MC | Medical Corps |
| MC | Military Cross (Medal) |
| MDFA | Mounted Division Field Ambulance |
| MDS | Main Dressing Station |
| Med/B | Medical Board |
| MEF | Mediterranean Expeditionary Force |
| Meth | Methodist |
| MFA | Mounted Field Ambulance |
| MG | Machine Gun |
| MGC | Machine Gun Corps |
| MGS | Machine Gun Squadron |
| MID | Mentioned in Despatches |
| Missing | Missing in action |
| MM | Military Medal |
| MO | Medical Officer |
| Moascar | NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade Camp originally NZEF Camp (1916), Egypt |
| Moascar | NZ Mounted Rifles Training Units and Depot, Moascar |
| Moascar | NZEF Camp near Ismailia |
| Monte Video | ANZAC Depot, Chickerell, Weymouth until NZ Depot opened at Hornchurch in April 1916 |
| Montevideo | ANZAC Depot, Chickerell, Weymouth until NZ Depot opened at Hornchurch in April 1916 |
| Mormon | Member of Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints (LDS) |
| Mount Felix | NZEF Hospital, near 2nd General Hospital, Walton on Thames |
| MP | Miltary Police |
| MRBde | Mounted Rifle Brigade |
| MSM | Meritorious Service Medal |
| Mt Felix | NZEF Hospital, near 2nd General Hospital, Walton on Thames |
| Mtd | Mounted |
| MTD | NZ Mechanical Transport Depot, Oatland Park, Weybridge |
| MtdBdeHqrs | Mounted Brigade Headquarters |
| Mudros | Harbour on Lemnos Island - site of hospitals and jump off point for Gallipoli |
| Mudros, Armistice | Armistice of Mudros was signed 30 October 1918 ending hostilities in the Middle East theatre |
| Mutt and Jeff | British War Medal and Victory Medal respectively |
| MVD | Mobile Veterinary Division |
| MVS | Mobile Veterinary Section |
| Narrow Neck | Narrow Neck Camp, Takapuna, Auckland - Maori Battalion Camp, later a reinforcement camp and hospital |
| NCO | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| NMR | National Military Reserve |
| NYD | Not Yet Diagnosed |
| NYDN | Not Yet Diagnosed |
| NZ Base Post Office | at Regents Park, London |
| NZ Comm Dep | New Zealand Command Depot, Codford |
| NZ Con Dep | New Zealand Convalescent Depot, Hornchurch |
| NZ Div Train | New Zealand Divisional Train |
| NZ Divisional Dump | Logistics for all supplies needed |
| NZ Emb Camp | New Zealand Embarkation Camp |
| NZ Fd Amb | NZ Field Ambulance |
| NZ General Hospital | NZ General Hospital, Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo |
| NZ Lt RW Op Sect | NZ Light Railways Operation Section |
| NZ Military Hospital | Walton on Thames - became 2nd NZ General Hospital in July 1916 |
| NZ Rec Dep | New Zealand Reception Depot |
| NZ Rein Fld Amb | New Zealand Reinforcements Field Ambulance |
| NZ War Contingent Hospital | Walton on Thames opened in August 1915 - became 2nd NZ General Hospital in July 1916 |
| NZA | New Zealand Artillery |
| NZANS | New Zealand Army Nursing Service |
| NZAOC | New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps |
| NZAPC | New Zealand Army Pay Corps |
| NZASC | New Zealand Army Service Corps |
| NZASC (MT) | New Zealand Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) |
| NZCB | New Zealand Cyclist Battalion |
| NZCC | New Zealand Camel Corps |
| NZCC | New Zealand Corp of Cyclists |
| NZCC | New Zealand Cyclist Corps |
| NZCC | NZ Convalescent Camp (Grey Towers, Hornchurch) |
| NZCD | New Zealand Chaplains Department |
| NZCICC | New Zealand Company Imperial Camel Corps |
| NZDC | New Zealand Dental Corps |
| NZDRS | Divisional Rest Station |
| NZE | New Zealand Engineers |
| NZE (ROC) | NZ Engineers (Railway Operation Section) |
| NZEB | New Zealand Entrenching Battalion |
| NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| NZETC | New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Corps |
| NZETCo | New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Corps |
| NZFA | New Zealand Field Artillery |
| NZGH | New Zealand General Hospital |
| NZGRU | New Zealand Graves Registration Unit |
| NZHS | New Zealand Hospital Ship |
| NZI & GBD | New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France |
| NZInf | New Zealand Infantry |
| NZLRO Section | NZ Light Railways Operation Section |
| NZLTMB | New Zealand Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| NZMB | New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion |
| NZMC | New Zealand Medical Corps |
| NZMDF | New Zealand Mounted Division Field Ambulance |
| NZMF | New Zealand Military Forces |
| NZMFA | New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance |
| NZMGC | New Zealand Machine Gun Corps |
| NZMR | New Zealand Mounted Rifles |
| NZMR Trg Units | New Zealand Mounted Rifle Training Units |
| NZMRNCos | New Zealand Mounted Rifle NCOs [Non commissioned officers] |
| NZMTD | NZ Mechanical Transport Depot, Oatland Park, Weybridge |
| NZMVS | NZ Mobile Veterinary Section |
| NZOC | New Zealand Ordance Corps |
| NZPB | New Zealand Pioneer Battalion |
| NZPC | New Zealand Pay Corps |
| NZPC | New Zealand Provost Corps |
| NZPS | New Zealand Permanent Staff |
| NZPS | New Zealand Postal Service |
| NZPWRU | New Zealand Prisoner of War Repatriation Unit |
| NZRB | New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
| NZRD | New Zealand Reinforcement Depot |
| NZSC | New Zealand Signal Corps |
| NZSC | New Zealand Staff Corps |
| NZSH | New Zealand Stationary Hospital |
| NZST | New Zealand Signalling Troop |
| NZTC | New Zealand Tunnelling Company |
| NZTES | New Zealand Temporary Employment Section |
| NZTU | New Zealand Training Unit |
| NZVC | New Zealand Veterinary Corps |
| NZWT | New Zealand Wireless Troop |
| O/R Sergeant | Orderley Room Sergeant |
| OAS | On active service |
| Oatlands Park | NZEF Hospital, near 2nd General Hospital, Walton on Thames (now Oatlands Park Hotel) |
| OB | Otago Brigade |
| OBE | Order of the British Empire - Officer |
| OC | Officer Commanding |
| OCTU | Officer Cadet Training Unit |
| OI | Otago Infantry |
| OIB | Otago Infantry Brigade |
| Oldham | NZ Field Artillery Reserve Depot, Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire |
| OMR | Otago Mounted Rifles |
| OPD | Otago Provincial Detachment (at Sling Camp awaiting a ship home) |
| Orchitis | Sexually transmitted infection |
| OtagoReg | Otago Regiment |
| OTC | Officer Training Corps |
| P de K | NZ General Hospital, Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo - later 2nd NZ Stationary Hospital |
| P/U | Permanently or Physically Unfit |
| Papawai | A tent camp near Featherston, Wairarapa |
| PB [as in classified unfit] | Permanent Base |
| Perham | Quarantine Camp, Perham Down, Wiltshire |
| Phthisis | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| PI & BF Class | Physical Instruction & Bayonet Fighting Class |
| Pioneer | New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion |
| Pip, Squeak and Wilfred | The 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal respectively |
| Pnt de K | NZ General Hospital, Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo - later 2nd NZ Stationary Hospital |
| Pont de Koubbeh | NZ General Hospital, Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo - later 2nd NZ Stationary Hospital |
| Pont de Kubb | NZ General Hospital, Pont de Koubbeh, Cairo - later 2nd NZ Stationary Hospital |
| poss. of pass | (Not in) possesion of pass |
| POW | Prisoner of war |
| Presb | Presbyterian |
| Prog fair (Medical term) | Progress fair |
| PTB | Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Pte | Private |
| PU | Permanently or Physically Unfit |
| Pukeroa Military Sanatorium, Waipukurau | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| PUO | Pyrexia [fever] of unknown origin |
| Pvt | Private |
| QAIMNS | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service |
| QAIMNSR | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service |
| QMG | Quarter Master General |
| QMS | Quarter Master Sergeant |
| R/O | Reinforcements |
| RA | Royal Artillery |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| Ramleh | Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Rangioutu | A tent camp near Palmerston North, Manawatu |
| RAP | Regimental Aid Post |
| Rarotongan | Rarotongan Company |
| Ras El Tin | Military Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt |
| RC | Reinforcement Camp |
| RC | Rest Camp |
| RC | Roman Catholic |
| RCM | Regimental Court Martial |
| RD | Returning Draft |
| RE | Royal Engineers |
| Regents Park | NZ Base Post Office |
| Regt | Regiment |
| Reinf | Reinforcement |
| Reinfs | Reinforcements |
| Rej | Re-joined |
| Relinq | Relinquished |
| Res | Reserve |
| RFC | Royal Flying Corps |
| RFD | Reported for duty |
| Rfm | Rifleman |
| Rft | Reinforcement |
| Rfts | Reinforcements |
| Rgt | Regiment |
| RHA | Royal Horse Artillery |
| RMO | Regimental Medical Officer |
| RMP | Royal Military Police |
| RMT | Reserve Mechanical Transport |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| RNZA | Royal NZ Artillery |
| RNZN | Royal New Zealand Navy |
| RNZNR | Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve |
| RO | Records Office, London [Southampton Row?] |
| ROD | Railway Operating Division of the Royal Engineers |
| ROH | Roll of Honour |
| Rouen | NZEF base in France |
| RQMS | Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant |
| RRC | Royal Red Cross |
| RSM | Regimental Sergeant Major |
| RTA (In Australian files) | Returned/Return to Australia |
| RTC | Reserve Training Centre (Hastings, Sussex) |
| RTNZ | Returned to New Zealand |
| RW | Royal Warrant |
| RWU | Remaining with unit |
| S/Nurse | Staff Nurse |
| S/Sgt | Staff Sergeant |
| SAA | Small Arms Ammunition |
| Salah El Din (Saladin) | Citadel Hospital, Cairo. See EGYPTIAN HOSPITALS. PRESS, VOLUME LI, ISSUE 15344, 30 JULY 1915 |
| Samoan | New Zealand Samoan Forces |
| Samoan Advance | First detachment of New Zealand Expeditionary Force to Samoa - departed NZ 11 August 1914 |
| Samoan Reinforcements | Reinforcements to NZ Expeditionary Force in Samoa |
| SBR | Small Box Respirator |
| Sec | Section |
| Segregation | Isolation (for infectious disease) |
| Ser ill (Medical term) | On seriously ill list |
| Sgt | Sergeant |
| Sgt-Major | Sergeant Major |
| Sh/Sm | Shoe Smith |
| Ships Hosp | Ships hospital |
| Shoubra | Infectious Diseases Hospital, Shoubra near Cairo |
| SI (Medical term) | Seriously ill [Placed on SI List] |
| SI List (Medical term) | Seriously ill list |
| Silver War Badge | also known as “The Services Rendered Badge” and the “Discharge Badge”. |
| Sling | Main NZEF Camp (Bulford, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire) |
| Sling Camp | Main NZEF Camp (Bulford, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire) |
| Slingshot | Main NZEF Camp (Bulford, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire) |
| SM | Sergeant Major |
| Soft sore | Chancroid - a sexually transmitted infection |
| SOS | Struck off strength |
| Southampton Row, London | ANZAC Provost Corps (based Southampton Row, London ?) |
| Spr | Sapper |
| Sqdn | Squadron |
| SQMS | Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant |
| Sqn | Squadron |
| ss | Steam Ship |
| S-Sgt | Staff Sergeant |
| SSM | Squadron Sergeant Major |
| Stat Hosp | Stationary Hospital |
| Stevenage | NZ Signallers Reserve Depot, Hitchin near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England |
| Stg | Strength (Taken on Strength) |
| Stgt | Strength (Taken on Strength) |
| Sup Col | Supply Column |
| Sup to estb. | Supernumerary to establishment |
| SW | Shrapnel wound |
| SWB | Silver War Badge |
| SWRWU | Slightly wounded - remaining with unit |
| T/ | Temporary |
| T/Art | Temporary Artificer (Cyclists Corp) |
| T/Corp | Temporary Corporal |
| T/Sgt | Temporary Sergeant |
| T/U | Temporarily Unfit |
| Takapuna | Narrow Neck Camp, Takapuna, Auckland - Maori Battalion Camp, later a reinforcement camp and hospital |
| Tauherenikau | Camp at Tauherenikau Race Course, Wairarapa - temporary subsidary camp |
| TB | Tuberculosis (tubercle bacillus) |
| T-Corp | Temporary Corporal |
| TES (ASC) | Temporary Employment Section (Army Service Corps) |
| TF | Territorial Force |
| Tfd | Transferred |
| Tidworth | NZ Mounted Rifles Depot, Tidworth |
| Tidworth | Tidworth Military Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire |
| Timaru | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| TM Batt | Trench Mortar Battery |
| TMB | Travelling Medical Board |
| Torquay | NZEF Discharge Depot, Torquay, Devon |
| TOS | Taken on strength |
| Tp | Troop |
| Tpr | Trooper |
| Trans | Transferred |
| Transfd | Transferred |
| Trentham | Military base at Trentham, Upper Hutt |
| Trg | Training |
| Trg Co | Training Company |
| Trg U & D | NZ Mounted Rifles Training Units and Depot, Moascar, Egypt |
| TS | Troop Ship |
| T-Sgt | Temporary Sergeant |
| TU | Temporarily Unfit |
| TU | Training Unit |
| VAD | Voluntary Aid Detachment |
| VC | Victoria Cross |
| VD | Venereal Disease |
| VD | Volunteer Decoration |
| VD Section | Venereal Disease Section [attached 3rd NZ General Hospital, Codford] |
| VD Ward | Venereal Disease Ward |
| VDC | Venereal disease - Chancre |
| VDG | Venereal disease - Gonorrhea |
| VDH | Valvular Disease of the Heart (Medical term) |
| VDS | Venereal Disease - Syphilis |
| VDSC | Venereal Disease - Soft Chancre |
| Ven Hosp | Venereal Disease Hospital |
| Ven Section | Venereal Disease Section [attached 3rd NZ General Hospital, Codford] |
| W RWU | Wounded - remaining with unit |
| W.Coast | West Coast |
| Waikanae | A tent camp at Waikanae on the Kapiti Coast, Wellington |
| Waikato Sanitorium, Cambridge | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| Walton | Walton on Thames (2nd NZ General Hospital) |
| WEF | With effect from |
| Wellington Hospital Victoria Ward | New Zealand Military Hospitals and Convalescent Homes |
| Western FF | Western Field Force (Egypt) |
| Weymouth | ANZAC Convalescent Depot (1915-16), Weymouth, Dorset, England [Montevideo] |
| WFF | Western Field Force (Egypt) |
| Wgtn | Wellington |
| WI | Wellington Infantry Battalion |
| WIA | Wounded in action |
| WIB | Wellington Infantry Battalion |
| WlgReg | Wellington Regiment |
| WMR | Wellington Mounted Rifles |
| WOAS | While on Active Service |
| WOI | Warrant Officer - First Class |
| WOII | Warrant Officer - Second Class |
| WOL | Without leave |
| Woodcote Park | Military Convalescent Hospital, Epsom, Surrey [in use in 1915] |
| WPD | Wellington Provincial Detachment (at Sling Camp awaiting ship home) |
| WT Hosp | Walton on Thames (2nd NZ General Hospital) |
| XXII Corps MVD | 22nd [XXII] Corps Mobile Veterinary Division |
| XXII Corps R/Camp | 22nd [XXII] Corps Reinforcement Camp, Abeele |
| Zeitoun | NZEF Camp (1914-16) near Cairo |