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.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Boer War
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Post-WWII
- Sir William Gentry - Chief of Staff of New Zealand services
