<page_title> New Zealand Defence Stores Department </page_title> <section_title> Directors of Defence Stores </section_title> <table> <cell> Lieutenant Colonel <col_header> Rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> Edward Gorton <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 23 April 1869 <col_header> Start date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Head of Defence Stores <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
On 23 April 1869 Lieutenant Colonel Edward Gorton became head of the Defence Stores.