adm.: admitted
AOB: Air Order of Battle
ARC: American Red Cross
Asst: Assistant
AWM: Australian War Memorial
AWOL: absent without leave
Cap: captain
CC: Commander
CO: Commanding Officer
co.: Company
Dep.: Deputy
dist.: district
Div.: Division
DLI: Durham Light Infantry
DOB: date of birth
DOW: died of wounds
DVA: Department of Veterans Affairs
EM: Enlisted Member
EN: Engineer
end: endorsed
ETO: European Theater of Operations
HLI: Highland Light Infantry
inf.: infantry
JA: Judge Advocate
KIA: Killed in Action
LWA: Lightly Wounded in Action
Mbr: Member
MIA: Missing in Action
NATO: North African Theater of Operations
NOB: Naval Order of Battle
NOK: Next of Kin
OM: Order of Merit
Ret.: Returned
RMC: returned to military control
RMLI: Royal Marine Light Infantry
RTD: returned to duty
sec.: section
SWA: seriously wounded in action
U: uncle
USMC: United States Marine Corps