34476 - Sapper

George

MILLER

3rd Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

11 October

Posted to Tunnelling Corps

From NZ Army Service Corps

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1916

20 October

Awarded 7 days confinement to barracks for breaking out of camp

1916

10 November

Awarded 5 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 2 days pay for overstaying leave

1916

15 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 69 - Tahiti

1916

16 December

Awarded 48 hours detention

1916

23 December

Awarded 2 days confinement to barracks

1917

1917

29 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1917

2 February

Awarded 7 days detention for drunkenness

1917

22 February

Awarded 7 days detention and forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

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

20 April

Awarded 10 days detention and forfeited 10 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

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

The Billets in Monchy

1917

13 May

Awarded 168 hours detention and forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

1917

20 June

Embarked for France

1917

23 June

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

5 July

Classified unfit for service in the field

1917

27 July

Embarked for England

Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay

1917

3 September

Awarded 3 days confinement to barracks and fined 10/- for drunkenness

1917

1 October

Awarded 14 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 5 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

1917

2 October

Admitted to hospital with scabies

1917

8 October

Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay

1917

29 October

Classified unfit for active service on account of overage

1917

1 November

Transfer to New Zealand

H.T. Mokoia

1918

1918

8 February

Final discharge

End of Service

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 25/0080935, Military Personnel File: George MILLER - 34476.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: George MILLER.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume II, Roll N°45, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “George MILLER (34476)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 23 April 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=584