New Zealand Defence Stores Department
Directors of Defence Stores

New Zealand Defence Stores Department

Section Title: Directors of Defence Stores
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Name	Start date	Finish Date	Notes

Lieutenant Colonel	Edward Gorton	23 April 1869	1878	Head of Defence Stores

Captain	Sam Anderson	1878	December 1899	Post called Defence Storekeeper (Died in Office)

Mr (later Major)	Major James O'Sullivan	December 1899	April 1916	Defence Storekeeper/Director of Stores/Director of Stores and Equipment

Captain	Thomas James McCristell	April 1916	31 March 1917	Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores/ Head of NZAOC & NZAOD

Sentence(s)

On 23 April 1869 Lieutenant Colonel Edward Gorton became head of the Defence Stores.

final_sentence: On 23 April 1869 Lieutenant Colonel Edward Gorton became head of the Defence Stores.