Timeline
1915
20 August
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1915
11 October
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
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
2 January
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1917
11 January
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1917
4 April
Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
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
11 April
Embarked for France
1917
12 April
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
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
18 May
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
10 June
Rejoined the Company
1917
8 July
Detached to Mine School
1917
14 July
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
10 February
Admitted to hospital with dyspepsia
1918
26 February
Rejoined the Company
1918
28 February
Granted leave
1918
17 March
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 May
Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from tattoo roll call
1918
3 June
Forfeited 7 days pay for taking liquor away from an estaminet to the front
1918
7 July
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
1918
14 July
Rejoined the Company
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
13 August
Forfeited 7 days pay for absence without leave and not being in possession of a pass
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
16 October
Admitted to hospital with crushed hand
1918
21 October
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
20 November
Granted leave
1918
6 December
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1918
7 December
Awarded 4 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay for overstaying leave
1919
25 January
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Port Melbourne
1919
11 April
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal