Just in regard to the differences between the Ordnance Department, and the Ordnance Corps in Australia -
In the period after Federation (1901) until 1942 the AAOD was a civilian staffed branch of the Public Service, and the AAOC was the military component. It was apparently not a happy arrangement, particularly as the former was heavily unionised.
It may not however have worked that way in the AOD/AOC and NZAOD/NZAOC although we usually followed UK practices as well.
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