ABDA: American-British-Dutch-Australian Command established January 1942 to coordinate Allied defenses in the Far East
ABDA-AIR: American-British-Dutch-Australian Air Command
ABDA-FLOAT: American-British-Dutch-Australian Naval Command
ABDA-GROUND: American-British-Dutch-Australian Ground Command
ABDA-HQ: American-British-Dutch-Australian Headquarters
A/S: Anti-Submarine
BPM: Britse Petroleum Maatschappij or British Petroleum Company
CAP: Combat Air Patrol
CSF: Combined Striking Force
GM: Governments Marine
GVT.: Groep Vliegtuigen or Aircraft Group
GVT.(NEW): A Reformed GVT (Author’s Designation)
HMAS: His Majesty’s Australian Ship
HMS: His Majesty’s Ship
Hr.Ms.: Her Royal Majesty’s Ship
IJA: Imperial Japanese Army
IJN: Imperial Japanese Navy
IJNS: Imperial Japanese Navy Ship
JAAF: Japanese Army Air Force
JNAF: Japanese Naval Air Force
KM: Koninklijke Marine or Royal Netherlands Navy
KMR: Koninklijke Marine Reserve or Royal Netherlands Naval Reserve
KNIL: Koninklijke Nederlandse Indische Leger or Royal Netherlands East Indian Army
KNIL-ML: Koninklijke Nederlands Indische Militaire Luchtvaart or Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (also ML)
KNILM: Koninklijke Nederlandse Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij or Royal Netherlands Indies Air Company
KPM: Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, or Royal Packet Navigation Cpy.
ME: Marine Establishment; the main naval base for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Naval Squadron
MLD: Marine Lucht Dienst, or Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service
MS: Motor Ship
MVK: Marine Vliegtuig Kamp, or Naval Air Station
NAP: Naval Air Pilot
NAS: Naval Air Station
NCO: Non-Commissioned Officer
NEI: Netherlands East Indies
PatWing 10: Patrol Wing 10
RAAF: Royal Australian Air Force
RAF: Royal Air Force
REC-GROUP: Sub-formation of ABDA-AIR established to coordinate and control Allied reconnaissance aircraft and information
SS: Steamship
USAAF: United States Army Air Force
USN: United States Navy
USS: United States Ship
VVC: Vrijwillig Vlieger Corps, or Civilian Volunteer Flying Corps