Timeline
1915
19 October
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
18 December
Transfer to England
S.S. Ruapehu
1916
3 February
Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
1916
9 March
Embarked for France
1916
16 March
From the Front
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
1916
14 April
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1916
28 May
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1916
31 May
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1916
2 July
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1916
3 November
Rejoined the Company
1916
16 November
From the Front
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
1917
26 February
Detached to Mine School as Batman to Lieutenant Barrance
1917
7 March
Rejoined the Company
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
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
1917
3 July
Awarded 21 days Field Punishment No.1 for drunkenness
1917
2 November
Admitted to hospital with urticaria
1917
15 November
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
16 January
Admitted to hospital with measles
1918
28 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
9 July
Granted leave
1918
28 July
Rejoined the Company
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
23 November
Admitted to hospital with pleurisy
1918
15 December
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital with myalgia
1919
10 March
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Bhamo
1919
23 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal