New Zealand Army Ordnance Section
| New Zealand Army Ordnance Section | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1915–1917 |
| Country |
 New Zealand |
| Branch |
 New Zealand Army |
| Role | Storage and assembling of artillery ammunition |
| Part of | Under Command Officer Commanding Royal New Zealand Artillery |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Ballance, Wellington |
| Anniversaries | 1 April |
Authority was granted under New Zealand Defence Forces General Order 90 to raise the New Zealand Army Ordnance Section with effect from 1 April 1915.[1][2][3][4]
The section was very small, consisting of eight members and was under command for administration of the Officer Commanding Royal New Zealand Artillery (RNZA).
Foundation members were:
- Bombardier J Murray
- Gunner C Marshall
- Gunner W Thornton
- Gunner R Ross
- Gunner P Kesham
- Gunner H J Adams
- Gunner M F Johnstone
Members of the section were classed as non-combatants, and were to be employed wholly on their own special work and were not to be detailed for any other duty or work whatsoever.[5]
Based at Fort Ballance on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula,[6] the section's main duties were the assembling of ammunition components for the artillery. Its members wore a variation of the badge of the RNZA with the difference between the badge worn by the Ordnance section and the Artillery was that the word "UBIQUE" was replaced by the initials "NZ".[7][8]
The New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps(NZAOC) and a New Zealand Army Ordnance Department(NZAOD) were gazetted on 1 April 1917, and the Ordnance Stores Section was absorbed in to the new Ordnance organisation and this small unit was the foundation of what was evolve into the Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps in later years.[9]
References
- ↑ Bolton, Major J.S. (1993). A History of the Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps. New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps. pp. 55–57. ISBN 0-477-01581-6.
- ↑ General Orders 90 (1 April 1915). Formation of Army Ordnance Corps Section. New Zealand Defence Forces.
- ↑ Artillery Ordnance Section (Feb 1979). Pataka Magazine. RNZAOC. p. 55.
- ↑ Corbett, D.A (1980). THE REGIMENTAL BADGES OF NEW ZEALAND. p. 264. ISBN 0908596057.
- ↑ ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY. 22 Apr 1915. p. 7.
- ↑ Bolton, Major J.S (1993). A History of the Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps. New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps. p. 56. ISBN 0477015816.
- ↑ Bolton, Major J.S (1993). A History of the Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps. New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps. p. 31. ISBN 0477015816.
- ↑ Corbett, D A (1980). The Regimental Badges of New Zealand. Ray Richards Publisher, Auckland,. pp. 264–265. ISBN 0908596057.
- ↑ Bolton, Major J.S (1993). A History of the Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps. p. 57. ISBN 0477015816.