General Abbreviation Key (For more information see Bibliography page)
AZA Aleph Zadik Aleph: a young Jewish men’s fraternal organization
Book of Remembrance Canadian Jewish War Memorial Association Book of Remembrance
Canadian Jewish Congress 1942 list This list of local servicemen was sent by the Calgary branch of Canadian Jewish Congress to the Canadian Jewish Congress office. It is from the Shumiatcher fond in Glenbow Archives M1107-54. A copy is housed in JHSSA files.
Military Abbreviation Key
For a full list of military abbreviations, as well as a wealth of general background information, visit http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Pages/military-heritage.aspx
ASW equipment operator Anti-Submarine Warfare
AWOL Absent With Out Leave
Canadian Infantry Bn Canadian Infantry Battalion
CASC Canadian Army Service Corps (Canadian Army Support Control)
CBDPC [not a standard Canadian military abbreviation]
CIB Canadian Infantry Brigade
COTC Canadian Officer Training Corps
Coy Company
DUKW known colloquially as a ‘duck; amphibious truck used by British and other armed forces
HMCS His / Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship
PPCLI Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
RAF (British) Royal Air Force
RASC Royal Army Service Corps
RCA Royal Canadian Artillery
RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAMC Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
RCCS Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
RCE Royal Canadian Engineers
RCIC Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCN Royal Canadian Navy
RCNR Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
RCOC Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
RFC (British) Royal Flying Corps
RNWMP Royal North West Mounted Police
RAOC (British) Royal Army Ordnance Corps
S/A (rank) [not a standard Canadian military abbreviation]
T3 [US rank]
T5 [US rank]
UNRRA, for AJJDC United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration for American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
W/S Corporal Workshop Corporal