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List of Abbreviations Used in Military Service Files
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| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| V&FVAO | Vancouver & Fraser Valley Area Orders |
| V/Chief | Vice Chief |
| V/S | Visual Signalling |
| V/T | Visual Telegraphy (used in Army instead of V/S.) |
| VA | Victualling Assistant |
| V-A | Vice-Admiral |
| VA(No) | Vice-Admiral (No.) Battle Squadron |
| VAABH | Victor Animatophone and Bell & Howell |
| VAC | Veterans Affairs Canada |
| VAC(FleetorSqdn) | Vice-Admiral Commanding (Fleet or Squadron) |
| VACSTC | Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre |
| VAD | Voluntary Aid Detachment |
| VC | Victoria Cross |
| VCCO | Vice-Chief of Combined Operations |
| VCDCMSC | Valcartier Camp Detachment, Corps of Military Clerks |
| VCDS | Vice Chief of the Defence Staff |
| VCGS | Vice Chief of the General Staff |
| VCIGS | Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| VCMHRCAMC | Valcartier Camp Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| VCNO | Vice-Chief of Naval Operations (U.S.) |
| VCNS | Vice Chief of Naval Staff |
| VCR | Veterans Care Regulations |
| VD | Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officer's Decoration |
| VD | Venereal Disease (S=Syphilis) (G=Gonorrhea) |
| VD | Volunteer Officers Decoration |
| VD | Volunteer Officers' Decoration (Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration) |
| VD | Venereal Disease |
| VdeQ | Les Voltigeurs de Québec |
| VDG | Venereal Disease - Gonorrhea |
| VDH | Valvular Disease of the Heart |
| VDS | Venereal Disease - Syphilis |
| VE(J) | Victory in Europe (Japan) |
| veh(s) | vehicle(s) |
| Vet | Veterinarian |
| Vety | Veterinary |
| VFS | Verification of Former Service |
| VGofC | Veterans Guard of Canada |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| VHG | Veterans Home Guard (Now Veterans Guard of Canada) |
| V-I | 14th Reinforcement Draft Overseas V1 |
| VIF | Volunteers Interim Force |
| V-II | 14th Reinforcement Draft Overseas V2 |
| VIP | Veterans Independence Program |
| VIS | Visibility |
| VLC | Victory Loan Convoy |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency |
| VLR | Very long Range |
| VMA | Vernon Military Area |
| VMC | Vernon Military Camp |
| VMC | Vehicle Maintenance Course |
| VMH | Vancouver Military Hospital |
| VMH | Victoria Military Hospital |
| VMHRCAMC | Valleyfield Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| VMHRCAMC | Vermilion Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| VMHRCAMC | Vernon Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| VO | Veterinary Officer |
| Voltigeurs | Voltigeurs de Québec |
| VolTrans | Voluntary Transfer |
| VPT | Volunteered for Pacific Theatre |
| VR | Volunteer Reserve |
| VRC | Victoria Rifles of Canada |
| VRD | Decoration for Officers of the Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| VRD | Vehicle Repair Depot |
| VRDHQ | Volunteer Reserve Divisional Headquarters |
| VRofC | Victoria Rifles of Canada |
| VS | Victualling Storesman |
| VS | Veterinary Surgeon |
| VSDRCOC | Vancouver Sub Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| VSIS | Victualling Store Issuing Ship |
| VSO | Victualling Store Officer |
| VSU | Veteran Surgeon |
| VTO | Visual Training Officer |
| VTS | Vocational Training School |
