Abbreviations

2NZEF 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force AAG assistant adjutant-general­ ACF Active Citizen Forces AFP African Film Productions AFV armoured fighting vehicle AG adjutant-general­ AIF Australian Imperial Force AJHR Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives AMS Army Medical Ser­vices ANC African National Congress AN&MEF Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force ANZ Archives New Zealand ANZAC Australian and New Zealand Army Corps AOH Australian Official History Arty. Artillery ATC Australian Training Centre ATS Auxiliary Territorial Ser­vice AWM Australian War Memorial AWOL Absent Without Leave BC British Columbia BCATP British Commonwealth Air Training Plan BEF British Expeditionary Force BL British Library BNAF British North African Force BOI Bureau of Information Bty Battery CAB cabinet CC Cape Corps CCORI Central Council for the Organisation of Recruiting in Ireland CCS Casualty Clearing Station CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force

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CFAD Cape Fortress Air Defence CGA Canadian Garrison Artillery CGS chief of the general staff CIGS chief of the imperial general staff CIM Censor Indian Mail CIM Controller of Industrial Manpower CO commanding officer COTT Central Organisation of Technical Training CSM company­ sergeant-major­ CWAC Canadian ­Women’s Army Corps DAG deputy adjutant-general­ DIA Department of Internal Affairs DNS Director of National Ser­vice DVA Department of Veterans Affairs FFI ­free from infection GOC general officer commanding GOCRA general officer commanding Royal Artillery GOI British government in India HMSO Her/His Majesty’s Stationery Office HQ OMFC Headquarters Overseas Military Forces of Canada IMC Indian and Malay Corps INC Indian National Congress IOR India Records­ Office IRA Irish Republican Army IRFU Irish Rugby Football Union IST Imperial Ser­vice Troops IWM Imperial War Museum LAC Library and Archives Canada LHCMA Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives LSIC Labour Supply Investigation Committee MAC Motor Ambulance Convoy MD Military Department MLA Member of the Legislative Assembly MOA Mass Observation Archive MO Medical Officer MP Member of Parliament NAA National Archives of Australia NAI National Archives of India NASA National Archives of South Africa NCO noncommissioned officer Abbreviations xv

NEAS Non-European­ Army Services­ NFA Natal Field Artillery NLA National Library of Australia NLI National Library of Ireland NLNZ National Library of New Zealand NMC Native Military Corps NRMA National Resources Mobilization Act NS Nova Scotia NSS National Selective Ser­vice NV National Volunteers OCB Officer Cadet Battalion OCTU Officer Cadet Training Unit ON Ontario ONS Organ­ization for National Security OR other ranks OTC Officer Training Corps PDC Physical Development Centre PEI Prince Edward Island PJBD Permanent Joint Board on Defene PIN Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance PT physical training Q Quarter-Master­ Services­ R Rupee RA Royal Artillery RAF Royal Air Force RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps RASC Royal Army Ser­vice Corps RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force RCGA Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery RCN Royal Canadian Navy RGA Royal Garrison Artillery RMLI Royal Marine Light Infantry RMT reserve motor transport RMO Regimental Medical Officer RN Royal Navy RO recruiting officer RSM regimental sergeant-major­ SAAF South African Air Force SAEC South African Engineer Corps SANDFA South African National Defence Force Archives, Pretoria xvi Abbreviations

SANDF, DOC South African National Defence Force, Documentation Centre SANF South African Naval Force SAP South African Police SAR&H South African Railways and Harbours SAWAS South African ­Women’s Auxiliary Ser­vices SIW Self-Inflicted Wounds SMC Secretary of the Militia Council TA Territorial Army TF Territorial Force TNA The National Archives (Kew) UDF Union Defence Force UWH Union War History UVF Ulster Volunteer Force VC Victoria Cross VCO viceroy’s-commissioned­ officers VD venereal disease WA War Archives WMA War Mea­sures Act WO War Office WOSB War Office Se­lection Board WVF World Veterans Federation MANPOWER AND THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE TWO WORLD WARS