Lieutenant Colonel George Frederick Bertrand OBE, ED (9 February 1891 – 25 July 1957) was an officer of the New Zealand Military Forces who served in both the First and Second World Wars.

Betrand attended Te Aute College and Wellington Teachers' Training College[1][2] With the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Bertrand enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and was posted to the Wellington Battalion.

[2][4] During the Second World War, Bertrand was made second in command of the 28th (Māori) Battalion and saw action in Greece, Crete and North Africa.

[5] Bertrand died in Palmerston North on 25 July 1957 from injuries suffered in a car crash.

Bertrand was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1943 New Year Honours.