37689 - Sapper

William Brock

MATTHEWS

5th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

15 March

Enlistment

Canterbury 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

6 September

Joined the Company

1917

13 November

Gassed

Admitted to hospital

1917

23 November

Embarked for England

1917

24 November

Admitted to hospital

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

Granted leave

1918

8 February

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1918

12 February

Awarded 4 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

1918

6 March

Transferred

NZ Engineers

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: William Brock MATTHEWS.
  • 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, “William Brock MATTHEWS (37689)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2025 (2009). Accessed: 10 May 2025. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=524