World War II
(some served also in World War I)
- Fred Baker - Commander, 28th Maori Battalion
- Sir Roderick Carr - RAF Bomber Command and Chief of the Indian Air Force
- Sir Arthur Coningham - RAF Bomber Command
- Bill Crawford-Crompton - RAF Fighter ace
- Baron Freyberg of Wellington - Commander, 2NZEF and 2nd New Zealand Division. Later Governor-General of New Zealand
- Alfred Hulme - awarded the Victoria Cross
- Lindsay Merritt Inglis - Officer who served in Greece and Wstern Desert campaigns
- 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
- Sir Keith Park- No. 11 Group RAF commander during the Battle of Britain. Later commanded in Malta and Southeast Asia
- John Pattison (RNZAF officer) - RAF Figher pilot
- Sir Peter Phipps- founding Chief of Defence Staff
- William George Stevens - Officer who served with the 2NZEF
- 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
Read more about this topic: List Of New Zealand Military Personnel
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