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Chief Of Army (New Zealand)
Chief of Army (CA) is the effective commander of the New Zealand Army, responsible to the Chief of Defence Force (CDF) for raising, training and sustaining those forces necessary to meet agreed government outputs. The CA acts as principal advisor to the CDF on Army matters, though for operations the Army's combat units fall under the command of the Land Component Commander, Joint Forces New Zealand. The rank associated with the position is major general, and CAs are generally appointed on a three-year term. The position was originally formed as Commandant and General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Military Forces in 1910, changing to Chief of the General Staff in 1937 and, finally, CA in 2002. Major General John Boswell, the incumbent CA, has held the post since 1 September 2018. Appointees This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the individual was subsequently promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Chief of Defence Force. The following list chronologically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boswell (soldier)
John Eastburn Boswell (March 20, 1947December 24, 1994) was an American historian and a full professor at Yale University. Many of Boswell's studies focused on the issue of religion and homosexuality, specifically Christianity and homosexuality. All of his work focused on the history of those at the margins of society. His first book, ''The Royal Treasure: Muslim Communities Under the Crown of Aragon in the Fourteenth Century'', appeared in 1977. In 1994, Boswell's fourth book, ''Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe'', was published. He died that same year from AIDS-related complications. Biography Early life Boswell was born on March 20, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Colonel Henry Boswell Jr. and Catharine Eastburn Boswell. He earned his AB at the College of William & Mary, and his PhD at Harvard University before being hired to teach at Yale University. Career A medieval philologist, Boswell spoke or read several Scandinavian languages, Old Icelandic, German, Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Puttick
Lieutenant General Sir Edward Puttick, (26 June 1890 – 25 July 1976) was an officer who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. The first New Zealand-born soldier to reach the rank of lieutenant general, he was Chief of the General Staff of the New Zealand Military Forces from 1941 to 1945. Born in 1890 in Timaru, Puttick served in the Territorial Force prior to the First World War. In August 1914 he was part of the Expeditionary Force that occupied German Samoa. He later served with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade during the Senussi Campaign and on the Western Front. He was commanding the 3rd Battalion of the brigade in March 1918 when he was wounded and later repatriated to New Zealand. Puttick joined the New Zealand Staff Corps in 1919 and held a number of command and staff positions for the next 20 years. During the Second World War, he commanded the 4th Infantry Brigade in the Battle of Greece, for which he was awarded a bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Williams (New Zealand General)
Major General Robin Guy Williams (14 August 1930 – 4 February 2023) was a New Zealand military leader. He served as Chief of the General Staff from 1981 to 1984. Early life and family Born in Wellington on 14 August 1930, Williams was the son of John Upham Williams and Margaret Joan Williams (née Mayfield). Both of his parents were medical doctors. Williams was educated at Nelson College from 1943 to 1948. In 1953, Williams married Jill Rollo Tyrie, and the couple went on to have three children. Military career Williams joined the New Zealand Army in 1948, and attended the Royal Military College, Duntroon, from 1949 to 1952. He later studied at the Royal Military College of Science in 1962, the Staff College, Camberley, in 1963, the Joint Services Staff College in Canberra in 1972, and the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1976. He served overseas during the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War. Between 1977 and 1979, Williams served as Commander Field Force. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Poananga
Major General Brian Matauru Poananga, (2 December 1924 – 5 September 1995) was a New Zealand sportsman, military leader and diplomat. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Porou and Rangitāne ''iwi''. He was born in Palmerston North, Manawatu, in 1924. He was educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School. In the 1962 Queen's Birthday Honours, Poananga was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division). He was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours, and further promoted to Commander of the same Order in the 1978 New Year Honours. In the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion may refer to: Relationships Currently * Any of several interpersonal relationships such as friend or acquaintance * A domestic partner, akin to a spouse * Sober companion, an addiction treatment coach * Companion (caregiving), a caregive .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Hassett
Major General Ronald Douglas Patrick Hassett, (27 May 1923 – 13 August 2004) was a senior officer in the New Zealand Army in the postwar period. Born in Wellington, Hassett joined the New Zealand Military Forces in 1942 and served in the Second World War with an artillery unit of the 2nd New Zealand Division. After the war he held a series of staff and training positions in the military. During the Korean War he was second-in-command of the 16th Field Regiment. Afterwards, he continued to fulfill a series on increasingly important roles in the New Zealand Army. His professional career culminated with a term as Chief of the General Staff from 1976 to 1978. In this capacity, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Queen Elizabeth II Army Memorial Museum at Waiouru. In his retirement he continued to play a role in the leadership of the museum. He died in Auckland in August 2004, aged 81. Early life Ronald Douglas Patrick Hassett was born in Wellington on 27 May 1923. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Holloway (general)
Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943) is an English composer, academic and writer. Early life Holloway was born in Leamington Spa. From 1953 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was educated at King's College School, where his father Robert was Head of the Art Department.Northcott, Bayan, "Robin Holloway" (August 1974). ''The Musical Times'', 115 (1578): pp. 644–646 He attended King's College, Cambridge and studied composition with Bayan Northcott. Career In 1974, Holloway became an Assistant Lecturer in Music at the University of Cambridge, and in 1980 attained a full Lecturer position. In 1999, he became a reader in Musical Composition at Cambridge. He retired in 2011 as professor of Musical Composition. He is also a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Among his many pupils are Thomas Adès, Huw Watkins, Peter Seabourne, George Benjamin, Judith Weir, and Jonathan Dove. Holloway's doctoral thesis, ''Debussy and Wagner'' (later pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Pearce (general)
Major General Leslie Arthur Pearce (22 January 1918 – 21 December 2002) was a senior commander in the New Zealand Army. He served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the New Zealand Army, from 1971 to 1973, when he retired. He was the first soldier in the New Zealand Army who rose from private to Chief of Army. Early life Pearce was born on 22 January 1918 in the Auckland suburb of Herne Bay. His parents were Bessie (; 1879–1940) and Frank Pearce (1874–1956). Both from Bristol in England, his parent had married on 4 August 1904 at the Wesleyan Church in New Plymouth. On 3 July 1944, Pearce married Fay Mattocks of Balmoral at St Barnabas' Church in Mount Eden. They were to have two sons and one daughter. Army career Pearce joined the army in 1937 as a private. He served in the Second World War, leaving in 1940. He was with the infantry in Egypt, Italy, and North Africa. By the final year of the war, he was a major and commander of the 26th Battalion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Webb (New Zealand Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Sir Richard James Holden Webb, (21 December 1919 – 24 January 1990) was a senior commander in the New Zealand Army. He served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the New Zealand Army, from 1970 to 1971, and in New Zealand's most senior military post as Chief of Defence Staff from 1971 until his retirement in 1976. Early life and family Born in Nelson, New Zealand, on 21 December 1919, Webb was the second child of George Robert Holden Webb and Jessie Muriel Webb (née Hair). He was educated at Nelson College from 1930 to 1937, where he was a prefect and a member of the 1st XV rugby team in his final year. In 1950, Webb married Barbara Anne Griffin, and the couple went on to have two children. Webb had two sisters, including Cynthia who married broadcaster Selwyn Toogood. Military career Webb entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in Canberra, Australia, in 1939 as an officer cadet sponsored by the New Zealand government. On graduati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Dawson (general)
Robert or Bob Dawson may refer to: Academia * Robert MacGregor Dawson (1895–1958), Canadian political scientist and academic * Robert L. Dawson (1943–2007), American professor of French language and literature * Robert Dawson (photographer) (born 1950), American photographer and instructor of photography Politics and government *Robert Peel Dawson (1818–1877), Irish Member of Parliament for Londonderry * Robert T. Dawson (born 1938), U.S. federal judge * Robert K. Dawson (public official) (born 1946), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Sports * Bob Dawson (footballer) (born 1921), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda * Bob Dawson (Canadian football) (1932–2017), Canadian football player * Bobby Dawson (1935–1980), English footballer * Robert Dawson (footballer) (born 1963), Scottish footballer * Robert Dawson (wrestler) (born 1963), Canadian freestyle wrestler *Bobby Dawson (Canadian football) (born 1966), Canadian football player * Robert Dawson (cric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter McKinnon
Major General Walter Sneddon McKinnon, (8 July 1910 – 20 May 1998) was an officer in the New Zealand Army. He joined the military in 1935 and served in the Second World War with various artillery units of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. After the war he held a series of senior positions in the army, culminating with a term as Chief of the General Staff from 1965 to 1967. In his retirement, he was Chairman of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. Early life McKinnon was born in Invercargill. He earned a degree in science from the University of Otago before joining the New Zealand Military Forces in 1935.McGibbon, 2000, p. 287 He married Anna Plimmer in 1937, and the couple went on to have five children, four sons and one daughter. Second World War When the Second World War broke out, McKinnon was in England on an artillery training course. He joined the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force and served with the 3rd New Zealand Division during the campaign in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Thornton
Lieutenant General Sir Leonard Whitmore Thornton, (15 October 1916 – 10 June 1999) was a senior officer in the New Zealand Army. Born in Christchurch, Thornton joined the Royal New Zealand Artillery in 1937 after having been encouraged by his uncle, Leonard Isitt, to pursue a military career. He served throughout the Second World War in a number of artillery and staff posts. Shortly after the war, he was appointed the commander of the artillery of the 2nd New Zealand Division. After holding a series of senior posts in the New Zealand Army, including a period as its commander, he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff in 1965 for a six-year term. Knighted in 1967, he was later the New Zealand ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam. He died in 1999 at the age of 82. Early life Thornton was born in Christchurch on 15 October 1916. His parents were Cuthbert John Thornton and Frances Caverhill Thornton (). He received his education at Christchurch Boys' High School, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Weir
Major general (United Kingdom), Major-General Sir Stephen Cyril Ettrick Weir, (5 October 1904 – 24 September 1969) was a New Zealand military leader and diplomat. Born in Otago, Weir became a professional soldier in 1927. He served in a number of postings around the country until the outbreak of the Second World War. Seconded to the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, he commanded a field regiment during the Battle of Greece, campaign in Greece and Operation Crusader, Operation ''Crusader''. He was Commander, Royal Artillery of the 2nd New Zealand Division for two years, and in the absence of its nominal commanding officer, Major-General Bernard Freyberg, led the division for a period in 1944. Late that year, he was appointed commander of the 46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), British 46th Infantry Division. After the war he was Quartermaster General of the New Zealand Military Forces before starting a five-yeam term as Chief of Army (New Zealand), Chief of the Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
