4/1225 - Lieutenant

Henry Ernest

METCALFE

Main Body - Section No.4

Timeline


1915

1915

13 October

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

Initial training

Avondale, Auckland

1915

18 December

Transfer to England

S.S. Ruapehu

1916

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

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

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

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

Arras-Cambrai Road

1917

13 April

Killed in action

Dead wounded by shell-fire, Feuchy-Cambrai Crossroads

Resting place

Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, France

Grave reference

V A 3

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: Henry Ernest METCALFE.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 6.

Photography

  • Auckland Weekly News, 16 May 1917.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Henry Ernest METCALFE (4/1225)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 28 April 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=576