Timeline
1917
31 May
Enlistment
Wellington Military District
Under the alias of
John WEBB
1917
11 October
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
30 October
Awarded 7 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for drunkenness and absence without leave
1917
21 November
Transfer to England
HMNZT 96 - Maunganui
1917
15 December
Admitted to hospital at sea with syphilis
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
8 January
Admitted to hospital in England
1918
21 March
Spring Offensive
German Attacks
From the Front
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
1918
1 May
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1918
30 May
Awarded 28 days detention and forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave when ordered to embark
1918
17 June
Embarked for France
1918
20 June
Joined the Company
1918
15 July
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1918
24 July
Rejoined the Company
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
17 August
Admitted to hospital with debility
1918
7 September
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
12 November
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1918
29 November
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
3 December
Embarked for England
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1919
20 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
30 January
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1919
10 March
Forfeited 4 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave
1919
8 April
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1919
2 June
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
1919
16 August
Awarded 28 days detention and forfeited 28 days pay for receiving stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen
1919
13 September
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Paparoa
1919
5 December
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal