40561 - Sapper

Charles Leonard

HART

4th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

19 January

Posted to Tunnelling Corps

From NZ Rifle Brigade

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

27 January

Awarded 7 days confinement to barracks for breaking out of camp

1917

10 February

Awarded 72 hours detention for obtaining leave under false circumstances

1917

16 February

Transfer to England

HMNZT 76 - Aparima

1917

2 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

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

15 May

Forfeited 1 day pay for committing a nuisance in camp

1917

3 July

Embarked for France

1917

5 July

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

11 July

Admitted to hospital

1917

23 July

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital with pneumonia lobar

1917

3 September

Forfeited 1 day pay for absence without leave and disobeying hospital standing orders by being in possession of khaki

1917

20 October

Granted leave

1917

5 November

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

22 November

Admitted to hospital with venereal disease

1917

28 December

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

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

25 January

Forfeited 3 days pay for absence from billets and failing to comply with orders given by an NCO

1918

6 March

Embarked for France

1918

8 March

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

17 March

Joined the Company

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 April

Admitted to hospital with venereal disease

1918

25 May

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

13 June

Admitted to hospital with influenza

1918

22 June

Diagnosed with bronchitis

1918

29 June

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

1918

12 August

Rejoined the Company

1918

4 September

Admitted to hospital

1918

27 September

From the Front

The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction

In front of the Havrincourt Bridge

1918

4 October

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

8 October

Rejoined the Company

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

29 December

Granted leave to United Kingdom

1919

1919

22 January

Marched in NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

1919

8 March

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Willochra

1919

13 May

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: Charles Leonard HART.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°55, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Charles Leonard HART (40561)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 29 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=357