1 Armoured Squadron Workshop, RAEME, South Vietnam
OC's Diary — January - June 1968
Index of Links
About the Author Preface Introduction January — 1 to 10 January — 11 to 20 January — 21 to 31 Tet 1968 February — 1 to 14 February — 15 to 29 March — 1 to 15 March — 16 to 31 April — 1 to 30 May — 1 to 31 June — 1 to 20 Conclusion
Abbreviations
- 21C
- Second–in–Command
- A
- Administration Branch
- A Veh
- Armoured Vehicle
- ADEME
- Assistant Director Electrical Mechanical Engineers
- Adjt
- Adjutant
- AOD
- Advance Ordnance Depot
- AR
- Automatic Rifles
- Arty
- Artillery
- ARV
- Armoured Recovery Vehicle
- ASCO
- Australian Services Canteen Organisation
- ASM
- Artificer Sergeant Major
- ATF
- Australian Task Force
- BER
- Beyond Economic Repair
- Bty
- Battery
- Capt
- Captain
- CAV
- Cavalry
- CMF
- Citizens Military Force
- CO
- Commanding Officer
- Col
- Colonel
- Coy
- Company
- CP
- Command Post
- CSM
- Company Sergeant Major
- DACRAE
- Deputy Assistant Commander Royal Australian Engineers
- DADEME
- Deputy Assistant Director Electrical Mechanical Engineers
- DADOS
- Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services
- DAQMG
- Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General
- DCRE
- Deputy Commander Royal Engineers
- DVA
- Department of Veteran Affairs
- EME
- Electrical Mechanical Engineer (Captain)
- F echelon
- Fighting echelon
- Fd
- Field
- FO
- Forward observer
- FRT
- Forward Repair Teams
- FRV
- Forward Repair Vehicles
- G
- General
- GE
- General Engineering
- Gp
- Group
- HQ
- Headquarters
- hrs
- hours
- Inf
- Infantry
- Inst
- Instruments
- INT
- Intelligence
- ISUMS
- Intelligence Summaries
- KIA
- Killed in action
- L C U
- Landing Craft U
- LAD
- Light Aid Detachment (Light Workshop)
- LSM
- Landing Craft Medium
- LST
- Landing Ship Tank
- Lt
- Lieutenant
- Maj
- Major
- MUA
- Major Unit Assembly (eg, Engine, gearbox etc)
- NCO
- Non-Commissioned Officer
- NFW
- Not Fair Wear
- NZ
- New Zealand
- 0 Group
- Orders group
- OC
- Officer Commanding
- OFP
- Ordnance Field Park
- Ops
- Operations
- ORD
- Ordnance
- ORs
- Other Ranks
- P&P
- Production and Planning
- PIR
- Pacific Island Regiment
- pl
- Platoon
- POL
- Petrol Oil Lubricants
- Prov
- Provisional
- Provost
- Military Police
- PSY/Ops
- Psychology Operations
- PX
- Postal Exchange
- Q
- Quartermaster's Branch
- R&C
- Rest in Country
- R&I
- Receipt and Issue
- R&R
- Rest and Recreation
- RAA
- Royal Australian Artillery
- RAAC
- Royal Australian Armoured Corps
- RAAOC
- Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corp
- RAASC
- Royal Australian Army Service Corps
- RAE
- Royal Australian Engineers
- RAEME
- Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- RAR
- Royal Australian Regiment (Infantry)
- Recce
- Reconnaissance
- Regt
- Regiment
- ROs
- Routine Orders
- RTA
- Return to Australia
- Sect
- Section
- Sgt
- Sergeant
- SHQ
- Squadron Headquarters
- SITREPS
- Situation Reports
- SLR
- Self-Loading Rifle
- SOP
- Standard Operational Procedures
- SOPs
- Standard Operational Procedures
- Sqn
- Squadron
- SSM
- Squadron Sergeant Major
- Tels
- Telecommunications
- TF
- Task Force
- TQMS
- Technical Quarter Master Sergeant
- UD
- Unauthorised Discharge
- UXB
- Unexploded bomb
- VC
- Viet Cong
- VIP
- Very important person
- WIA
- Wounded in action
- Wksp
- Workshop
- WO
- Warrant Officer