Timeline
1915
6 October
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
24 April
Awarded 7 days Field Punishment No.1 for absence from parade and creating a disturbance while under the influence of liquor
1916
6 June
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
1916
9 June
Rejoined the Company
1916
23 June
Awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.1 and forfeited 14 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence from parade
1916
7 July
Admitted to hospital
1916
18 July
Rejoined the Company
1916
15 August
Forfeited 5 days pay for being absent from duty
1916
25 August
Awarded 28 days Field Punishment No.1 for refusing to obey an order to attend sick parade
1916
25 September
Admitted to hospital
1916
5 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
1917
13 February
Admitted to hospital with bronchial catarrh while on leave to United Kingdom
1917
20 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
12 April
Awarded 90 days Field Punishment No.1 and forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for being absent from duty
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
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
7 February
Detached to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
7 March
Awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2 and forfeited 14 days pay for drunkenness and overstaying his pass
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
21 April
Rejoined the Company
1918
12 May
Forfeited 4 days pay for being out of billets without a pass and absence from tattoo
1918
29 July
Declared illegally absent without leave in the field
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
5 October
Rejoined the Company
1918
30 October
Sentenced to 12 months Imprisonment with Hard Labour and forfeited 68 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave from his duty
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
30 November
Admitted to No.2 Military Prison, Rouen
1919
8 April
Embarked for England to undergo sentence
1919
11 June
Sentence remitted and released from prison
Marched in to NZ Depot, Larkhill
1919
28 June
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Matatua
1919
5 September
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal