Chief of Army (New Zealand)
Chief of Army | |
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New Zealand Army | |
Style | Major General |
Abbreviation | CA |
Member of | New Zealand Defence Force |
Reports to | Chief of Defence Force |
Term length | Three years, renewable |
Formation | 7 December 1910 |
First holder | Maj Gen Sir Alexander Godley |
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.[1]
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.[2] Major General John Boswell, the incumbent CA, has held the post since 1 September 2018.[3]
Appointees[edit]
The below indicated * (asterisk) indicates that the individual was subsequently promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Chief of Defence Force.
The following list chronologically records those who have held the post of Chief of Army or its preceding positions, with rank and honours as at the completion of the individual's term.[2]
No. | Portrait | Name | Postnominals | Took office | Left office |
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Commandant and General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Military Forces | |||||
1 | Major General Sir Alexander John Godley (1867 - 1957) | KCMG | 7 December 1910 | 10 September 1914 | |
2 | Major General Sir Alfred William Robin (1860 - 1935) | KCMG, CB | 11 September 1914 | 9 December 1919 | |
3 | Major General Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor (1868 - 1939) | KCMG, KCVO, CB | 10 December 1919 | 31 April 1924 | |
4 | Major General Charles William Melvill (1878 - 1925) | CB, CMG, DSO | 1 May 1924 | 6 December 1925 | |
5 | Major General Robert Young (1877 - 1953) | CB, CMG, DSO | 7 December 1925 | 31 March 1931 | |
6 | Major General Sir William Livingston Hatchwell Sinclair-Burgess (1880 - 1964) | KBE, CB, CMG, DSO | 1 April 1931 | 31 March 1937 | |
Chief of the General Staff | |||||
1 | Major General Sir John Evelyn Duigan (1883 - 1950) | KBE, CB, DSO | 1 April 1937 | 31 May 1941 | |
2 | Lieutenant General Sir Edward Puttick (1890 - 1976) | KCB, DSO & Bar | 1 August 1941 | 31 December 1945 | |
3 | Major General Sir Norman William McDonald Weir (1893 - 1961) | KBE, CB | 1 January 1946 | 31 March 1949 | |
4 | Major General Keith Lindsay Stewart (1896 - 1972) | CB, DSO, OBE | 1 April 1949 | 31 March 1952 | |
5 | Major General William George Gentry (1899 - 1991) | CB, CBE, DSO & Bar | 1 April 1952 | 14 August 1955 | |
6 | Major General Stephen Cyril Ettrick Weir (1904 - 1969) | CB, DSO & Bar | 15 August 1955 | 30 August 1960 | |
7 | Major General Leonard Whitmore Thornton* (1916 - 1999) | CB, CBE | 1 September 1960 | 31 March 1965 | |
8 | Major General Walter Sneddon McKinnon (1916 - 1999) | CB, CBE | 1 April 1965 | 31 March 1967 | |
9 | Major General Robert Boyd Dawson (1916 - 1977) | CB, CBE, DSO | 1 April 1967 | 31 March 1970 | |
10 | Major General Richard James Holden Webb* (1919 - 1990) | CBE | 1 April 1970 | 28 September 1971 | |
11 | Major General Leslie Arthur Pearce (1918 - 2002) | CB, CBE | 29 September 1971 | 30 September 1973 | |
12 | Major General Robin Hugh Ferguson Holloway (1922 - 1998) | CB, CBE | 1 October 1973 | 14 November 1976 | |
13 | Major General Ronald Douglas Patrick Hassett (1923 - 2004) | CB, CBE | 15 November 1976 | 15 November 1978 | |
14 | Major General Brian Matauru Poananga (1924 - 1995) | CB, CBE | 16 November 1978 | 15 November 1981 | |
15 | Major General Robin Guy Williams (1930 - 2023) | CB, MBE | 16 November 1981 | 11 December 1984 | |
16 | Major General John Airth Mace* (born 1932) | CB, OBE | 12 December 1984 | 30 November 1987 | |
17 | Major General Donald Stuart McIver (1936 - 2016) | OBE | 1 December 1987 | 28 February 1989 | |
18 | Major General Bruce Meldrum (1938 - 2006) | CB, OBE | 1 March 1989 | 29 February 1992 | |
19 | Major General Anthony Leonard Birks (1941 - 2002) | CB, OBE | 1 March 1992 | 24 February 1995 | |
20 | Major General Piers Martin Reid (1942 - 2012) | CBE | 25 February 1995 | 25 February 1998 | |
21 | Major General Maurice Francis Dodson | CBE, MC | 26 February 1998 | February 2002 | |
22 | Major General | ONZM | February 2002 | mid-2002 | |
Chief of Army | |||||
1 | Major General | ONZM | mid-2002 | 30 April 2006 | |
2 | Major General Louis Joseph Gardiner (1952 - 2015) | ONZM | 1 May 2006 | 30 April 2009 | |
3 | Major General | 1 May 2009 | 23 January 2011 | ||
4 | Major General | MNZM | February 2011 | December 2012 | |
5 | Major General Arthur David Gawn | MBE | 25 February 2013 | 9 September 2015 | |
6 | Major General Peter Te Aroha Emile Kelly | MNZM | 10 September 2015 | 31 August 2018 | |
7 | Major General John Boswell | DSD | 1 September 2018 | Incumbent |
References[edit]
- ^ "The New Zealand Army Leadership Team". New Zealand Army. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Chronological List of New Zealand Army Chiefs". Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth. regiments.org. Archived from the original on 30 November 2007.
- ^ "New Chiefs Appointed for All Three Branches of the Armed Forces". The New Zealand Herald. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.