49523 - Sapper

Patrick

LYNCH

5th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

2 April

Posted to Tunnelling Corps

From NZ Infantry

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

26 April

Transfer to England

HMNZT 84 - Turakina

1917

30 April

Admitted to hospital at sea with venereal disease

1917

10 May

Returned to duty

1917

28 June

Fined 4/6 for deficient kit

1917

20 July

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

23 July

Admitted to hospital with venereal disease

1917

23 August

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1917

28 August

Admitted to hospital with venereal disease

1917

14 September

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1917

19 September

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

12 October

Forfeited 1 day pay and 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

1917

13 October

Embarked for France

1917

15 October

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

22 October

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

26 January

Awarded 4 days Field Punishment No.1 for drunkenness and loitering in billets of a unit other than his own

1918

27 January

Admitted to hospital with albuminuria

1918

7 February

Embarked for England

1918

11 February

Admitted to hospital

1918

6 March

Classified unfit for active service

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

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Athenic

1918

17 May

Granted sick leave

1918

23 May

Reported to local Defence Office

1918

11 July

Final discharge

End of Service

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5544 36/0070081, Military Personnel File: Patrick LYNCH - 49523.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Patrick LYNCH.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°62, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Patrick LYNCH (49523)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 29 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=503