4/1572 - Sapper

Michael John

NAUGHTON

1st Reinforcements

Timeline


1915

1915

1 October

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1915

11 October

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

10 March

Admitted to hospital with bronchial catarrh

1916

16 March

From the Front

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

1916

18 March

Embarked for England and admitted to hospital

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

24 December

Detached on duty to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames

1917

1917

29 January

Transferred

NZ Medical Corps

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: Michael John NAUGHTON.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 7.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Michael John NAUGHTON (4/1572)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 16 April 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=619