Chief of Naval Staff and First Naval Member

Commodore H. E. Horan, DSC, RN, June 1938–April 1940 (and as CCNZS, December 1939–April 1940)

Commodore W. E. Parry, CB, RN, May 1940–June 1942 (and as CCNZS, May—October 1940)

Commodore Sir Atwell Lake, Bt., CB, OBE, RN, June 1942–July 1945

Commodore G. Faulkner, DSC, RN, July 1945–May 1947