Description

Media: BOOK - paperback, 72 pages
Author: N. Smith
Year: 2016
ISBN: 9781925323559
Other: b&w & colour photos
Publisher: Unlock the Past

Recent years have witnessed unprecedented efforts by family and other historians to dig out more and more information on Australia's rich military heritage and especially on those who served. This groundswell of interest follows on from milestones such as the centenary of the Boer War and World War I.

As a result, historians now seem to be surrounded by an ever expanding plethora of records, most of which they find are digitised. That's were the problem can start. The task of understanding military records is fraught with the difficulties of grappling with and interpreting among other matters, military speak, acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations.

Naturally the military has to employ abbreviations and the like which are unique to the Art of War, and that is what it is all about. Failure to be concise, efficient and readily understood within the military machine means that the transition from Peace to War will be jeapardised with any system of military speak which promises less. Therefore, to get the most from military records, be they related to personnel, tactical, equipment, procedural, organisational or operational matters, a grasp of the military abbreviations likely to be encountered is highly advisable.

This book fills the need by detailing 6000 abbreviations, initialisms and acronyms found in Australian military records from 1788 to the present day.

Contents:
Introduction
Abbreviations A-Y

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4 Reviews

Understanding Australian Military Speak
5
Posted by Karen Sydow on 10th Dec 2024

Hugely helpful in working out movements of our servicemen. We have Army records from the Boer War, plus WW1and WW2, and a few stray Navy, Militia and Air Force records, and this little gem of a book has enabled us to work out a number of mysteries, specially from late 19th and early 20th century records. Highly recommended, specially if your serviceman has extensive or complicated service records.
Australian Military Speak
4
Posted by Lois on 20th Jul 2021

With being involved with researching service persons for a War Grave Group and Honour Roll Boards this book is of much help
My New Go-To
4
Posted by Meredith Bell on 8th Aug 2019

This little book now sits beside my computer. As I am researching my family's Military heritage, Neil Smith's book has become an essential interpretive tool. Oh, and if you're wondering about the 4-star rating...? I have learned that nothing is ever perfect in the Indexing world.

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