Timeline
1915
9 December
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Defence Department
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
10 April
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1916
21 April
Rejoined the Company
1916
2 July
Promoted 2nd Lieutenant
1916
4 October
Granted leave
1916
13 October
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
1916
21 December
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
1916
23 December
Diagnosed with bronchitis
1917
30 January
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
11 February
Promoted Lieutenant
1917
24 February
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
2 May
Wounded in action but remained with the Company
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
30 July
Granted leave
1917
12 August
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
6 January
Granted leave
1918
22 January
Rejoined the Company
1918
12 March
Detached to General Headquarters Salvage Corps
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
24 March
Rejoined the Company
1918
25 April
Detached to Musketry School
1918
1 May
Rejoined the Company
1918
2 July
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
1 August
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
25 November
Embarked for England for a return to New Zealand on tour of duty
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
1918
2 December
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Maunganui
1919
6 February
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
Mentioned in Dispatches
“For distinguished and gallant services, and devotion to duty during the period 16th September 1918 to 15th March 1919.”
British War Medal
Victory Medal