List of New Zealand military personnel

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

*Edward Chaytor commanded Second and Eighth Contingents
*William James Hardham awarded Victoria Cross

World War I

* Thomas Culling - First NZ Fighter Ace: WWI
* Ronald Bannerman - WWI fighter ace.
* Harold Beamish DFC - WWI fighter ace.
* Baron Freyberg of Wellington - Governor-General of New Zealand and Victoria Cross winner

World War II

* Sir Arthur Coningham - RAF Bomber Command
* Sir Roderick Carr - RAF Bomber Command and Chief of the Indian Air Force
* Baron Freyberg of Wellington - Governor-General of New Zealand and Victoria Cross winner
* Alfred Hulme - awarded the Victoria Cross
* Edgar James "Cobber" Kain - RAF fighter ace (first pilot to win a DFC in WW II)
* Sir Keith Park- RAF sector commander during the Battle of Britain
* Sir Peter Phipps- founding Chief of Defence Staff
* 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)
* Nancy Wake - the most decorated servicewoman of World War II
* James Allen Ward - VC winning sergeant pilot of 75 Squadron RNZAF.

Post-WWII

* Sir William Gentry - Chief of Staff of New Zealand services

ee also

*List of World War II aces from New Zealand
*Military history of New Zealand
*New Zealand Defence Force#Previous chiefs