List of New Zealand military personnel

The following is a list of notable New Zealand people associated with the military, including those who participated in warfare or saw active service in New Zealand.

Musket Wars

Hongi Hika - a sketch of an 1820 painting

New Zealand Wars

Major Ropata Wahawaha

Boer War

World War I

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)

World War II

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)

Post-WWII

  • 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[53]
  • 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[54]
  • Walter McKinnon - officer who served with the 2NZEF during World War II; later Chief of General Staff, New Zealand Army, from 1965 to 1967[55]

See also

Notes

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  5. "Obituary: Thomas Bernard Collinson, 1821–1902". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Institution of Civil Engineers. 150: 461. 1902. doi:10.1680/imotp.1902.18336.
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  7. Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 48–55.
  8. Barber, Laurie. "Nixon, Marmaduke George". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  9. Green, David. "Pratt, Thomas Simson". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  10. Oliver, Steven. "Wahawaha, Rapata". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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  12. McGibbon 2000, p. 229.
  13. O'Shea, Phillip. "Robin, Alfred William". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  14. Rice, Geoffrey W. "Averill, Leslie Cecil Lloyd". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  15. Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 113–118.
  16. Claasen 2017, pp. 274–276.
  17. Begg, Neil. "Begg, Charles Mackie". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  18. McGibbon 2000, p. 73.
  19. Harper & Richardson 2007, pp. 130–135.
  20. Tonks, Matthew. "Keith Caldwell". New Zealand History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  21. Claasen 2017, pp. 258–259.
  22. McGibbon 2000, pp. 188–189.
  23. Crawford, J.A.B. "Hart, Herbert Ernest". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  24. McGibbon 2000, p. 260.
  25. McIntyre, W. David. "King, George Augustus". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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  27. McGibbon 2000, p. 316.
  28. Pugsley, Chris. "Russell, Andrew Hamilton". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  29. Mitchell 1945, p. 99.
  30. Snelling 2012, pp. 13–19.
  31. McGibbon 2000, p. 51.
  32. McGibbon 2000, pp. 53–54.
  33. Thompson 1956, p. 187.
  34. McGibbon 2000, pp. 93–94.
  35. Phipps, Gareth. "Wilfred Clouston: Biography". NZ History. New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  36. Thompson 1953, p. 211.
  37. "William Henry Cunningham". Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  38. Phipps, Gareth. "Alan Deere Biography". New Zealand History. New Zealand Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  39. McGibbon 2000, pp. 149–150.
  40. Lineham, Peter J. "Elliott, Keith 1916–1989". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  41. Thompson 1956, p. 367.
  42. Phipps, Gareth. "Michael Herrick Biography". New Zealand History. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  43. McGibbon 2000, p. 313.
  44. Thompson 1953, p. 220.
  45. McGibbon 2000, pp. 435–436.
  46. Orange, Vincent. "Scott, Desmond James". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  47. McGibbon, Ian. "Keith Lindsay Stewart". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  48. Hayward, Joel. "Trent, Leonard Henry". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  49. Thompson 1953, p. 197.
  50. McGibbon 2000, pp. 597–598.
  51. Thompson 1953, p. 99.
  52. Thompson 1953, p. 21.
  53. "Sir Richard Bolt Dies in Lower Hutt". Scoop Media. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  54. Crawford, J. A. B. "Gentry, William George". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  55. McGibbon 2000, p. 287.

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