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16 Field Regiment, RNZA
Command History

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Commanding Officers

Regimental Sergeant Majors

1950-52 LtCol JW Moodie DSO ED
1952-53 LtCol R McK Paterson DSO
1953-54 LtCol J Burns DSO MBE
1954      LtCol JA Pountney MBE
1960-64 LtCol JR Spence MBE MC
1964-68 LtCol RM Grierson OBE ED
1968-69 LtCol DR Kenning MBE
1970-71 LtCol EJ Valintine ED
1971-76 LtCol FE Hopkinson MBE ED
1976-77 LtCol DR Kenning MBE
1977-80 LtCol PHC Hanson ED
1980-83 LtCol PJ Calvert
1983-84 LtCol PHC Hanson ED
1984-86 LtCol DGM Lough
1986-88 LtCol BD Dreyer
1988-90 LtCol DG Box
1990-92 LtCol PS Southwell
1992-94 LtCol GR Williams
1994-97 LtCol MD Beattie
1997-2000 LtCol RJ Hitchings
2000- LtCol Mike Baker
1950-51 WO1 TAN Vine
1951-53 WO1 J Dickinson
1953-54 WO1 C Waaka
1959-62 WO1 LJ Auty MBE
1962-64 WO1 EG Bickerton
1964-65 WO1 ET O'Neil
1965-66 WO1 DF Pollard
1966-67 WO1 RR Hudson
1967-69 WO1 DF Pollard
1969-73 WO1 GR Young MBE
1973      WO1 RG Blankley
1973-76 WO1 T Hughes
1976-80 WO1 T Te A Pilcher
1980-81 WO1 RVG Wilson
1981-84 WO1 RT Wirihana
1984-85 WO1 RN Manuera
1985-86 WO1 BW Culhane
1986-87 WO1 HJ Macown
1987-89 WO1 JH Smith
1989-91 WO1 PM Gregg
1991-95 WO1 IS Foster
1995-96 WO1 G Robb
1996-97 WO1 KE Hopkinson
1997-2000 WO1 BW Ngata
2001-      WO1 P Galloway

For more information on 16 Field Regiment RNZA, see:
16 Fd Regiment today
16 Fd Regiment in the Korean War
161 Bty in Vietnam
Tales From The Trails page
See also: The Role of the RSM in an Artillery Regiment

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