List of New Zealand military personnel

Hongi Hika - a sketch of an 1820 painting

• Hone Heke - Nga Puhi tribal chief and war leader[1]
• Hongi Hika - Nga Puhi tribal chief and war leader[2]
• Te Pēhi Kupe
• Te Rangihaeata
• Te Rauparaha
• Tītore - Nga Puhi tribal chief; led war parties to the East Cape in 1820 and 1821 and participated in the Girls' War

Major Ropata Wahawaha

• Duncan Alexander Cameron - Commander of British forces during part of the New Zealand Wars[3]
• George Jackson Carey
• Robert Carey - Commander of British forces at the Battle of Ōrākau
• Trevor Chute - Commander of British forces during part of the New Zealand Wars[4]
• Thomas Bernard Collinson - Corps of Royal Engineers, Board of Ordnance, New Zealand, 1846–1850.[5] Hosey's Battle, Whanganui, 1847
• Robert FitzRoy - Captain in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand, Vice-Admiral of New Zealand, 1843-1845, Colonel of the Auckland Battalion of Militia, 1845. Flagstaff War, 1845
• Charles Emilius Gold - Commander of British forces during the early stages of the First Taranaki War, part of the New Zealand Wars[6]
• Charles Heaphy - recipient of the Victoria Cross, awarded for his actions during an engagement in the Invasion of the Waikato; a surveyor and explorer prior to the New Zealand Wars, he was later a Member of Parliament[7]
• Tāmati Wāka Nene - Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngāpuhi iwi. British ally, Flagstaff War, 1845–1846
• Marmaduke Nixon - officer in the militia during the Invasion of the Waikato; killed in action at Rangiaowhia[8]
• William Odgers VC - first man to win the Victoria Cross in the New Zealand land wars
• Thomas Simson Pratt - British commander in the First Taranaki War[9]
• Kepa Te Rangihiwinui - Maori leader on British side in the Taranaki Wars
• Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester - British naval commander in New Zealand, 1860-1861
• Te Kooti
• Tītokowaru - Ngāti Ruanui tribal chief and war leader during the later stages of the New Zealand Wars
• Ropata Wahawaha - Ngāti Porou tribal chief who fought on the British side during the later stages of the New Zealand Wars[10]

• Edward Chaytor - commanded the Second and Eighth Contingents sent to South Africa; commanded the ANZAC Mounted Division during World War I and was Commandant of the New Zealand Military Forces, from 1919 to 1924
• William James Hardham - awarded Victoria Cross, later served in World War I[11]
• John Gethin Hughes - a soldier in the First Contingent sent to South Africa and first New Zealand recipient of the Distinguished Service Order; later commanded an infantry battalion at Gallipoli during World War I[12]
• James O'Sullivan - Defence storekeeper at the time of Boer War
• Alfred William Robin - commanded the First Contingent sent to South Africa; later Commandant of the New Zealand Military Forces, from 1914 to 1919[13]

Major-General Andrew Russell, centre front, in 1919 with some of the senior officers of the New Zealand Division, including Brigadier-General Herbert Hart (front left) and Brigadier-General Charles Melvill (front right)

• Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill - Platoon Commander and first New Zealander to scale the walls of Le Quesnoy[14]
• Ronald Bannerman - World War I fighter ace
• Cyril Bassett - first soldier of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force to receive the Victoria Cross, awarded for his actions during the Battle of Chunuk Bair at Gallipoli, in August 1915[15]
• Harold Beamish - fighter ace with No. 3 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service[16]
• William Thomas Beck - first New Zealand soldier ashore at Gallipoli
• Charles Mackie Begg - medical officer who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front[17]
• Charles Henry Brown - officer who served at Gallipoli and commanded an infantry brigade on the Western Front; killed in action during the Battle of Messines in 1917[18]
• Donald Forrester Brown - posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the first such award to a soldier of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force serving on the Western Front[19]
• Keith Caldwell - fighter ace and commander of the Royal Flying Corps' No. 74 Squadron; later a senior officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II and the postwar period[20]
• Thomas Culling - first New Zealand fighter ace of World War I[21]
• James Lloyd Findlay - soldier and fighter pilot
• Harry Fulton - senior officer who commanded an infantry brigade on the Western Front; killed in action in 1918[22]
• Herbert Ernest Hart - senior officer who served at Gallipoli and commanded an infantry brigade on the Western Front; later administrator of Western Samoa[23]
• Francis Earl Johnston - senior officer who commanded an infantry brigade at Gallipoli and on the Western Front; killed in action in 1917[24]
• George Napier Johnston - Commander Royal Artillery of the New Zealand Division[24]
• George Augustus King - officer who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front; killed in action during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917[25]
• Norman Joseph Levien - Ordnance Officer Egypt, Gallipoli, France and United Kingdom
• William George Malone - Commander of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, killed in action at Gallipoli[26]
• Thomas James McCristell - officer in charge of the Ordnance Corps in New Zealand
• Charles Melvill - senior officer who commanded an infantry brigade on the Western Front; later Commandant of New Zealand Military Forces, from 1924 to 1925[27]
• Arthur Plugge - officer who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front
• Andrew Hamilton Russell - Commander of the New Zealand Division[28]
• William Sinclair-Burgess - New Zealand officer serving with Australian forces
• James Waddell - New Zealand soldier serving with the French Foreign Legion
• Bright Williams - last surviving New Zealand Soldier of the First World War
• Robert Young - senior officer who commanded an infantry brigade on the Western Front; later Commandant of New Zealand Military Forces, from 1925 to 1931

The then Brigadier Howard Karl "Kip" Kippenberger, on the left, with double Victoria Cross recipient Captain Charles Upham

(some served also in World War I)

• Leslie Andrew - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF in Greece, Crete, and North Africa; also a Victoria Cross recipient of World War I[29]
• Fred Baker - Commander, 28th Maori Battalion[30]
• Harold Eric Barrowclough - Commander, 3rd New Zealand Division[31]
• Sir Roderick Carr - RAF Bomber Command and Chief of the Indian Air Force
• Johnny Checketts - fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal New Zealand Air Force; commanded No. 485 Squadron RNZAF for a period in 1943[32]
• George Herbert Clifton - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF in Greece and North Africa[33]
• Wilfred Clouston - fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal Air Force; commanded fighter squadrons during the course of World War II[34]
• Sir Arthur Coningham - RAF Second Tactical Air Force commander
• Bill Crawford-Crompton - fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal Air Force; commanded several squadrons and fighter wings during the course of World War II[35]
• William Henry Cunningham - Commandant of the Fiji Defence Force[36]
• Dan Davin - 2NZEF officer and author of war history
• John Evelyn Duigan - Chief of General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces, from 1937 to 1941[37]
• Keith Elliott - soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Geoffrey Bryson Fisken - RNZAF fighter ace, initially on Brewster Buffalo
• Baron Freyberg of Wellington - Commander, 2NZEF and 2nd New Zealand Division; later Governor-General of New Zealand
• Colin Falkland Gray - fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal Air Force; commanded several squadrons and fighter wings during the course of World War II[38]
• Thomas W. Horton - Commander of No 105 RAF Pathfinder squadron
• Alfred Hulme - soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Lindsay Merritt Inglis - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy
• Edgar James "Cobber" Kain - RAF fighter ace (first pilot to win a DFC in World War II)
• Thomas Joseph King - DADOS HQ 2nd New Zealand Division
• Howard Karl "Kip" Kippenberger - Commander, 2nd New Zealand Division
• Owen Mead - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF and the highest ranking soldier of the New Zealand Military Forces to be killed on active service[39]
• Reginald Miles - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF in Greece and North Africa
• Sir Keith Park - No. 11 Group RAF commander during the Battle of Britain; later commanded in Malta and Southeast Asia
• Graham Beresford Parkinson - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF in Greece, North Africa and Italy
• John Pattison - fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force; later transferred to the Royal New Zealand Air Force and commanded No. 485 Squadron RNZAF for a period in 1944–45[40]
• Sir Peter Phipps - founding Chief of Defence Staff
• Edward Puttick - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF in Greece and Crete; later Chief of General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces, from 1941 to 1945[41]
• William George Stevens - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF
• Keith Lindsay Stewart - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF in Greece, Crete and Italy
• Donald Stott - soldier in the 2NZEF, later served in Special Operations Executive and Z Special Unit
• Leonard Trent - pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross[42]
• Lloyd Alan Trigg - pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross; only person so awarded solely on recommendation of the enemy
• Charles Upham - soldier of 20th Battalion and two-time recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Nancy Wake - most decorated servicewoman of World War II
• James Allen Ward - pilot of 75 Squadron RNZAF and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Norman Weir - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF; later Chief of General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces, from 1946 to 1949[43]
• Bert Wipiti - fighter pilot with the Royal New Zealand Air Force[44]

• Denis Barnett - Commander, British Forces Cyprus
• Richard Bolt - bomber pilot with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II; later Chief of the Air Staff from 1974 to 1976 and then Chief of the Defence Staff from 1976 to 1980[45]
• Sir William Gentry - officer who served with the 2NZEF during World War II; later Chief of General Staff, New Zealand Army, from 1952 to 1955[46]
• Walter McKinnon - officer who served with the 2NZEF during World War II; later Chief of General Staff, New Zealand Army, from 1965 to 1967[47]

• List of World War II aces from New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• New Zealand Defence Force#Previous Chiefs

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