Corporate Body

Army Headquarters Inventions Board (1932 - 1940)

Commonwealth of Australia

From
30 September 1932
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
30 September 1940
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Army and Defence Research
Website
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/AgencyDetail.aspx?reg_no=CA%20118
Reference No
CA 118
Legal Status
National Archives of Australia agency registration. Previous agency unregistered: 1923-1932: Army Headquarters Invention Board
Location
Historical agency address 1932-1940: Victoria Barracks, St Kilda Road, Melbourne

Summary

The Army Headquarters Inventions Board was appointed by Army Order 200/1932 on 30 September 1932. The Board was to investigate matters reported upon by district Inventions Boards and submit recommendation in regard to such inventions and suggestions to the Quartermaster-General. It was located at Victoria Barracks, on St Kilda Road in Melbourne. The new Central Inventions Board replaced the Army Headquarters Inventions Board (CA 118) which had been in existence since 1932. The new Board also inherited responsibility for naval and airforce inventions work but further research is required to determine which agencies carried out these functions before September 1940.

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The Board was composed of a President who was the Quartermaster-General (QMG) or Senior Officer of the QMG's Branch at Army Headquarters; and the members were the:

. Director of Naval Ordnance Torpedoes and Mines
. General Staff Officer (Engineers and Signals)
. Staff Officer for Equipment (who acted as Secretary to the Board), and the
. chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer;

The following individuals were consultative members of the Board (who attended as requested by the President):

. members of the Professional Staff of Melbourne University
. representatives of the Munitions Supply Board
. Chief Instructor, Artillery Schools of Instruction
. Chief Instructor, Small Arms School.

The Board's associate members were:

. members of the Military Board
. the Controller General of Munitions Supply and
. Chief Inspector, Munitions Supply Board.

Timeline

 1932 - 1940 Army Headquarters Inventions Board
       1940 - 1941 Central Inventions Board [Department of Defence]
             1942 - 1946 Army Inventions Directorate

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Published resources

Books

  • Mellor, D. P., The Role of Science and Industry, Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Volime 5 of Series 4 (Civil) (Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958). Details

Resources

See also

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