Timeline
1917
21 April
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Infantry
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
20 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
11 August
Embarked for France
1917
14 August
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
6 September
Joined the Company
1917
13 December
Admitted to hospital with laryngitis
1917
20 December
Rejoined the Company
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
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
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
18 September
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
9 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
1918
16 November
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
1918
22 November
Diagnosed with influenza
1918
3 December
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
21 December
Embarked for England
1918
23 December
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1918
30 December
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
1919
14 July
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Athenic
1919
29 September
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal