37665 - Sapper

William John

MOIR

5th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

12 January

Enlistment

Otago Military District

1917

22 March

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

26 April

Transfer to England

HMNZT 84 - Turakina

1917

30 June

Admitted to hospital at sea

1917

2 July

Returned to duty

1917

20 July

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

1 August

Admitted to hospital with bronchitis

1917

3 August

Placed on seriously ill list

1917

13 August

Removed from seriously ill list

1917

18 October

Granted leave

1917

2 November

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1918

From the Front

The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras

The Workshop in Arras

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

16 April

Transferred

NZ Engineers

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 36/0082079, Military Personnel File: William John MOIR - 37665.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: William John MOIR.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°62, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “William John MOIR (37665)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 24 April 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=591