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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15561, 10 April 1916, Page 8

ilajor James O'Sullivan, who ■ • been Director of Defence Stores in Wellington, has been appointed Inspector of Ordnance Stores throughout tn® >, Dominion. Major O'Sullivan has be oll \ in the Defence Store.s for over thirty* seven years. He joined the old Armed v Constabulary, and was transferred - the Defence Stores Department in 18<»- ■ He worked there until 1890. and on to® day that the First South African Con- v tinpent was mobilised, be was appointed to succeed Captain Anderson (then - suffering from severe illness) as Defcnw g Storekeeper. In this position he . intended the equipment of the contlflgents, besides attending to needs 0* ' camps, rifle meetings, and volunteer* throughout the countrv. In January i : 1907, he was made Director of Ordnance Stores, and given a captain's eoninU®" / ;■ sion. Ho was promoted to bo major in ,fa September, 1911, and in July, 1914,_wa» pf.' made an A ssis tan t-Ouar term aster-Gen-. .era!. Since the beginning of the pi®* yjp*. sent war (says the "Post") ho ha«6Up* . ' plied everything required by the up to the loth Reinforcements,, the exception of anything connects® •. i with food, horses, and forage. • I