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== Australian Imperial Force ==
 
== Australian Imperial Force ==
  
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We don't yet know of a canonical source for the official full names of AIF units. Conventions for page names are shown below. For now, unit_name1 etc. in {{tl|infobox military unit}} are not used for AIF units. Infantry brigades and battalions sometimes have geographical names in brackets. These can go in alternate_unit_names for now.
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=== Page names ===
  
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=== Divisions and corps ===
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==== Divisions and corps ====
  
 
Page names are the same as full names. unit_name1 etc isn't usually used.
 
Page names are the same as full names. unit_name1 etc isn't usually used.
  
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Corps pages already exist:
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Pages already exist:
  
 
*[[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps]]
 
*[[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps]]
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*[[II ANZAC Corps]]
 
*[[II ANZAC Corps]]
 
*[[Australian Corps]]
 
*[[Australian Corps]]
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Division names should be in this form:
 
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*[[New Zealand and Australian Division]]
 
*[[New Zealand and Australian Division]]
 
*[[1st Australian Division]]
 
*[[1st Australian Division]]
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*[[6th Australian Division]]
 
*[[6th Australian Division]]
 
*[[Australian Mounted Division]]
 
*[[Australian Mounted Division]]
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*[[Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division]]
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*[[ANZAC Mounted Division]]
  
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=== Units ===
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==== Units ====
  
 
Most AIF units, other than the [[#Exceptions|exceptions]] described further below, use the page name suffix ", Australian Imperial Force (AIF)".
 
Most AIF units, other than the [[#Exceptions|exceptions]] described further below, use the page name suffix ", Australian Imperial Force (AIF)".
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These forms sometimes differ from more commonly used names but are needed to disambiguate AIF units from Militia units with similar names. For example, the AIF had a unit commonly known as "1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade", while the Militia had a unit known as "1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery" or just "1st Field Artillery Brigade".
 
These forms sometimes differ from more commonly used names but are needed to disambiguate AIF units from Militia units with similar names. For example, the AIF had a unit commonly known as "1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade", while the Militia had a unit known as "1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery" or just "1st Field Artillery Brigade".
  
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==== Exceptions ====
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===== Exceptions =====
  
 
The names of some units are closely related to the names of divisions or corps. Their page names should be like this:
 
The names of some units are closely related to the names of divisions or corps. Their page names should be like this:
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* [[1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC)]]
 
* [[1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC)]]
  
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=== Full names ===
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These should be entered in unit_name1 etc. in the main infobox.
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==== Light Horse regiments ====
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Full names are shown in the British Monthly Army List.
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==== Infantry battalions ====
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Full names are shown in the British Monthly Army List. These usually include a geographic name in brackets.
  
 
== Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force ==
 
== Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force ==
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== Permanent Force ==
 
== Permanent Force ==
  
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Page names are the same as full names, based on [https://archive.org/stream/armylistjul1914grea#page/1196/mode/2up 1914 Army List]:
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Page names are the same as full names, based on the [https://archive.org/stream/armylistjul1914grea#page/1196/mode/2up July 1914 Quarterly Army List]:
  
 
* [[Royal Australian Field Artillery]]
 
* [[Royal Australian Field Artillery]]
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== Citizen Military Force (aka Militia) ==
 
== Citizen Military Force (aka Militia) ==
  
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Page names not yet decided but will probably be in the form "1st Infantry Regiment, Australian Militia", "1st Light Horse Regiment, Australian Militia" etc. to disambiguate from AIF units.
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Page names are mostly in the form:
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* [[2nd Infantry Regiment, Australian Militia]]
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* [[2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Militia]]
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* [[2nd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Militia]]
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* [[2nd Light Horse Brigade, Australian Militia]]
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* [[2nd Field Company, Australian Militia]]
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* [[32nd Fortress Company, Australian Militia]]
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* [[23rd Signal Company, Australian Militia]]
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* [[6th Signal Troop, Australian Militia]]
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* [[1st Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Militia]]
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* [[1st Field Artillery Battery, Australian Militia]]
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* [[1st Garrison Artillery, Australian Militia]]
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* [[1st Field Ambulance, Australian Militia]]
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* [[24th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Australian Militia]]
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The suffix ", Australian Militia" is used to disambiguate from similarly named AIF units.
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Some types of unit take the name of their parent corps instead:
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* [[33rd Company, Australian Army Medical Corps]]
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* [[2nd Company, Australian Army Service Corps]]
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Full names, as shown in the [https://archive.org/stream/armylistjul1914grea#page/1196/mode/2up 1914 Army List], will go in unit_name1 in {{tl|infobox military unit}}.
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Full names, as shown in the [https://archive.org/stream/armylistjul1914grea#page/1196/mode/2up July 1914 Quarterly Army List], go in unit_name1 in {{tl|infobox military unit}}.
  
 
[[Category:Australia]]
 
[[Category:Australia]]

Latest revision as of 11:04, 19 February 2017

The purpose of this page is to record and explain our current practices for naming units and pages. It's not a set of rules that you have to learn. If you want to create a page that doesn't exist, just create it. Don't worry about whether it has the right name. We can easily move it later.

See Australian units in World War I for more examples.

Australian Imperial Force

Page names

Divisions and corps

Page names are the same as full names. unit_name1 etc isn't usually used.

Pages already exist:

Units

Most AIF units, other than the exceptions described further below, use the page name suffix ", Australian Imperial Force (AIF)".

For example:

These forms sometimes differ from more commonly used names but are needed to disambiguate AIF units from Militia units with similar names. For example, the AIF had a unit commonly known as "1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade", while the Militia had a unit known as "1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery" or just "1st Field Artillery Brigade".

Exceptions

The names of some units are closely related to the names of divisions or corps. Their page names should be like this:

Hospitals are usually in the form:

Australian Flying Corps squadrons:

Full names

These should be entered in unit_name1 etc. in the main infobox.

Light Horse regiments

Full names are shown in the British Monthly Army List.

Infantry battalions

Full names are shown in the British Monthly Army List. These usually include a geographic name in brackets.

Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force

Units are represented at force and battalion level. These pages already exist. Page names are similar to AIF units:


Permanent Force

Page names are the same as full names, based on the July 1914 Quarterly Army List:

unit_name1 doesn't need to be used.

Citizen Military Force (aka Militia)

Page names are mostly in the form:


The suffix ", Australian Militia" is used to disambiguate from similarly named AIF units.

Some types of unit take the name of their parent corps instead:


Full names, as shown in the July 1914 Quarterly Army List, go in unit_name1 in {{infobox military unit}}.

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