List of New Zealand military personnel
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The following is a list of notable New Zealand people associated with the military, including those who saw active service in New Zealand.
New Zealand Wars
- Duncan Alexander Cameron - British General in the Second Taranaki War
- Hone Heke - Ngapuhi tribal chief
- Hongi Hika - first military leader of the Musket Wars
- 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
- 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
Boer War
- Edward Chaytor - commanded Second and Eighth Contingents
- William James Hardham - awarded Victoria Cross
- Alfred William Robin - commanded First Contingent
World War I
- Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill - Platoon Commander and first New Zealander to scale the walls of Le Quesnoy
- Ronald Bannerman - World War I fighter ace
- Harold Beamish DSC - World War I fighter ace
- Charles Henry Brown - officer who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front
- Thomas Culling - the first New Zealand fighter ace of World War I
- James Lloyd Findlay - soldier and fighter pilot
- Herbert Ernest Hart - officer who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front
- Francis Earl Johnston - officer who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front
- George Napier Johnston - Commander Royal Artillery of the New Zealand Division
- George Augustus King - officer who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front
- William George Malone - officer who was killed in action at Gallipoli
- Charles Melvill - officer who served on the Western Front, later Commandant of New Zealand Military Forces
- Arthur Plugge - officer who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front
- Alfred William Robin - Commandant, New Zealand Military Forces
- Andrew Hamilton Russell - Commander, New Zealand Division
- 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
World War II
(some served also in World War I)
- Fred Baker - Commander, 28th Maori Battalion
- Harold Eric Barrowclough - Commander, 3rd New Zealand Division
- Sir Roderick Carr - RAF Bomber Command and Chief of the Indian Air Force
- Sir Arthur Coningham - RAF Second Tactical Air Force commander
- Bill Crawford-Crompton - RAF Fighter ace
- John Evelyn Duigan - Chief of General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces, from 1937 to 1941
- Baron Freyberg of Wellington - Commander, 2NZEF and 2nd New Zealand Division; later Governor-General of New Zealand
- Colin Falkland Gray - RAF Fighter ace
- Alfred Hulme - awarded 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)
- Howard Karl "Kip" Kippenberger - Commander, 2nd New Zealand Division
- Owen Mead - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF
- 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 - RAF Fighter pilot
- 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
- 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
- Leonard Trent - World War II pilot, Victoria Cross recipient
- Lloyd Alan Trigg - World War II pilot, only person awarded the VC solely on recommendation of the enemy
- Charles Upham - World War II soldier, one of three awarded the Victoria Cross twice but the only combat soldier to receive it twice
- Nancy Wake - the most decorated servicewoman of World War II
- James Allen Ward - VC-winning sergeant pilot of 75 Squadron RNZAF
- Norman Weir - senior officer who served with the 2NZEF;later Chief of General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces, from 1946 to 1949
Post-WWII
- Denis Barnett - Commander, British Forces Cyprus
- Sir William Gentry - Chief of Staff of New Zealand services
