John Campbell
Colonel (Rtd) John Campbell, of Dunedin, received the Insignia of an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for services to returned services personnel on 4 September 2008. He has held leadership roles in the Royal New Zealand Returned Services Association for 13 years until 2007. He was an executive member and president of the Dunedin RSA, district president for Otago/Southland, and was national president for three years until 2007. His achievements as national president include the establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Crown for those who served in Vietnam, the re-establishment of the RSA Review, and the development of a number of commercial partnerships between the RSA and business.