In the ensuing lists of recipients relative to New Zealand, which are arranged alphabetically, details are recorded in the following order: rank at time of award, name, unit, date of act of valour, place of the act, date of notification in the London Gazette, and award posthumous:
Co-creator
Capt. Geoffrey Troughear Stagg, F.R.N.S.N.Z., R.N.Z.A. (retired), formerly President of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand, Wellington.
