Timeline
1916
8 December
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1917
22 March
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
30 August
Joined the Company
1917
29 November
Detached to IVth Corps
1917
15 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
22 January
Granted leave
1918
7 February
Rejoined 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
7 July
Detached to 183th Tunnelling Company
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
14 September
Rejoined the Company
1918
21 September
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
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
1918
25 November
Admitted to hospital
1918
26 November
Diagnosed with pneumonia
1919
7 January
Rejoined the Company
1919
22 January
Discharged
1919
29 January
Embarked for England
1919
30 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Larkhill
1919
15 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
24 February
Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
1919
6 March
Granted leave
1919
2 April
Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
1919
3 June
Marched in to NZ Depot, Larkhill
1919
28 June
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Matatua
1919
5 September
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal