Timeline
1915
25 October
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
27 November
Promoted Lance Corporal
1915
18 December
Transfer to England
S.S. Ruapehu
1916
27 January
Reverted to Sapper at own request
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
26 May
Admitted to hospital with boils
1916
7 June
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
1916
21 November
Granted leave
1916
4 December
Rejoined the Company
1917
4 April
Detached to Mine School
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
11 April
Rejoined the Company
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
1917
2 June
Detached to Mine School
1917
8 June
Rejoined the Company
1917
14 July
Detached to Mine School
1917
19 July
Rejoined the Company
1917
5 December
Granted leave
1917
21 December
Rejoined the Company
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
19 January
Admitted to hospital with tonsillitis
1918
25 January
Rejoined the Company
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
1 April
Admitted to hospital with Inflammation of the Connective Tissue of the buttock
1918
21 April
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
3 May
Admitted to hospital with boils
1918
10 July
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
20 August
Detached to NZ Base Depot, Rouen
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
15 October
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
24 October
Rejoined the Company
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
21 November
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
6 December
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1919
15 February
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1919
17 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
14 March
Transfer to New Zealand
R.M.S. Ionic
1919
22 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal