37458 - Sapper

Henry Fuller

FORSCUTT

3rd Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

28 September

Enlistment

Otago Military District

1916

4 October

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1916

29 October

Promoted Sergeant

1916

15 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 69 - Tahiti

1916

5 December

Admitted to hospital at sea with gastritis

1916

9 December

Returned to duty

1917

1917

8 January

Admitted to hospital at sea with lumbago

1917

10 January

Returned to duty

1917

17 January

Admitted to hospital at sea with lumbago

1917

18 January

Returned to duty

1917

29 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1917

30 January

Reverted to Lance Corporal

1917

28 February

Admitted to hospital with myalgia

1917

9 April

Battle of Arras

British Offensive


From the Front

The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle

Arras-Cambrai Road

1917

17 April

Granted leave to United Kingdom

1917

28 April

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1917

5 May

From the Front

The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line

The Billets in Monchy

1917

3 July

Embarked for France

1917

4 July

Reverted to Sapper

1917

5 July

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

13 July

Joined the Company

1918

From the Front

The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras

The Workshop in Arras

1918

18 February

Promoted Lance Corporal

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

24 April

Admitted to hospital with hyperesthesia

1918

3 May

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital with neurasthenia

1918

1 June

Diagnosed with tubercle of spine

Placed on seriously ill list

1918

27 June

Classified unfit for active service

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

1918

4 September

Removed from seriously ill list

1918

27 September

From the Front

The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction

In front of the Havrincourt Bridge

1918

11 November

Armistice

Cessation of Hostilities


From the Front

The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory

Over the Sambre River, Maubeuge

1918

19 December

Transfer to New Zealand

H.S. Marama

1919
1920

1920

28 April

Final discharge

End of Service

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Henry Fuller FORSCUTT.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume II, Roll N°45, p. 35.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Henry Fuller FORSCUTT (37458)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 28 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=286