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
- Kepa Te Rangihiwinui - Maori leader on British side in the Taranaki 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
- Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester - British naval commander in New Zealand, 1860-1861
Boer War[]
- Alfred William Robin commanded First Contingent
- Edward Chaytor commanded Second and Eighth Contingents
- William James Hardham awarded Victoria Cross
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 (RNZAF Officer) - 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 (French Foreign Legion) - 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 (RNZAF officer) - 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[]
- Sir William Gentry - Chief of Staff of New Zealand services.
- Denis Barnett - Commander British Forces Cyprus.
See also[]
- List of World War II aces from New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- New Zealand Defence Force#Previous Chiefs
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