Trentham Military Camp
Trentham Military Camp | |
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Trentham, New Zealand | |
Trentham Military Camp | |
Coordinates | 41°08′37″S 175°02′09″E / 41.1435°S 175.0358°E |
Type | Military Camp |
Site information | |
Controlled by | New Zealand Defence Force |
Site history | |
In use | c.1914–present |
Trentham Military Camp is a New Zealand Defence Force facility located in Trentham, Upper Hutt, near Wellington. Originally an Army installation, it is now run by Defence and accommodates all three services. It also hosts Joint NZDF facilities including:
- Commander Joint Forces New Zealand
- Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand (HQ JFNZ), Private Bag 900 or 2 Seddul Bahr Road.
- New Zealand Defence College (incorporating former Staff Colleges)
- Command Staff College
- NZDF Personnel Records, Archives & Medals
Elements of Army General Staff at Trentham Camp including Messines Defence Centre are:
- Logistic Executive (Log Exec)
- Human Resources Executive (HR Exec)- Military Secretary (MS) and Military Career Management (MCM)
- Capability Branch (Cap Br)
Units at Trentham Military Camp include:
- Trade Training School (TTS)
- Wellington Regional Support Centre (WRSC)
- 1st (New Zealand) Military Intelligence Company
- 1st (New Zealand) Military Police Company
- 1st (New Zealand) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron
- HQ Coy, 5/7 RNZIR
- 5th Military Police Detachment
- 7th Battalion Band
- Logistics Command (Land)
Civilian police
Prior to 1981 the camp was also home to the Royal New Zealand Police College.
Defence Siding
From 1941 to 1954 there were several railway sidings in the Camp used for freight and for troop trains, with a shunting locomotive owned by the Army. Most of the track were removed in the 1970s. The siding was 0.53 km from Trentham Railway Station and 0.63 km from Heretaunga Railway Station. A second siding ran back to the Ministry of Works Depot, which was on the site formerly occupied by the former Central Institute of Technology campus.[1] The dates of opening and closing of the Trentham Camp station (a temporary stopping place) are given as 11/8/1942 to 9/2/1953.[2]
References
- ↑ Parsons, David (2010). Wellington’s Railway: Colonial Steam to Matangi. Wellington: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society. pp. 31, 110,143,194. ISBN 978-0-908573-88-2.
- ↑ Scoble, Juliet (2012). Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand, 1863 to 2012. Wellington. p. 137.
External links
- Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand (HQ JFNZ)
- NZDF Personnel Records, Archives & Medals, with contact details
- NZDF Homepage
- New Zealand Army Homepage
- Photo of Trentham Camp and Upper Hutt District WW I
- View of Trentham Camp 1939
- View of Trentham Camp 1939
- View of part of Trentham Camp WW II
- Soldiers marching at Trentham Camp 1939
- Inside a sleeping hut Trentham Camp WW II
- Camp Dental Hospital Surgery Trentham Camp 1943
- Entraining at Trentham 1943