Corporate Body

Munitions Supply Board (1921 - 1939)

Commonwealth of Australia

From
13 August 1921
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1 July 1939
Functions
Defence Industries, Advisory or Regulatory Body, Ammunitions and Explosives or Weapons Industries
Reference No
CA 91
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

The Munitions Supply Board was established in August 1921 and operated for almost eighteen years under the Department of Defence.

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  • Ross, A.T., Armed and Ready: the Industrial Development and Defence of Australia, 1900-1945 (Sydney: Turton & Armstrong, 1995), 452 pp. Details

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