Brigadier Robert Amos Row, DSO & Bar (30 July 1888 –7 January 1959) was a senior officer in the New Zealand Military Forces and a two-time recipient of the Distinguished Service Order.

[12] For the next several years, he held a series of staff positions, beginning with an attachment to the General Headquarters School at Trentham Military Camp.

[2] As a professional soldier with staff experience, in the Second World War Row was posted to the headquarters of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) and served in the Middle East from January 1941.

[15] Shortly after taking command, Row implemented a test of his unit by holding an exercise under the guise of a Japanese invasion.

[16] The brigade remained in Fiji in a defensive role until August 1942, when they returned to New Zealand and undertook home defence duties as part of the newly formed 3rd Division, under the command of Major General Harold Barrowclough.

[17] In August 1943, the 3rd New Zealand Division was assigned a role in the ongoing Solomon Islands campaign, which was being directed by Vice Admiral William Halsey, the overall commander of Allied forces in the South Pacific area.

[25] The troops landing in the south of Mono experienced defensive fire but by midday had destroyed the artillery present there and were penetrating inland.

Those landing at Stirling were unopposed and Row subsequently established his headquarters there;[26] the Japanese garrison on the island had moved across to Mono.

Over the next few days, the Japanese retreating from the south began attacking the defensive perimeter that had been established around the northern landing site.

[30] Despite the success of the Treasuries landings, Row was returned to New Zealand in December 1943, as part of Barrowclough's organisational strategy of replacing the older commanders within the 3rd Division with younger officers.