4/1497 - Sapper

Charles

CAMERON

Main Body - Section No.4

Timeline


1915

1915

12 October

Enlistment

Otago 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

6 February

Admitted to hospital with a sprained right ankle

1916

16 March

From the Front

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

1916

23 March

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

1916

12 August

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Willochra

1916

5 December

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 W5530 34/0021853, Military Personnel File: Charles CAMERON - 4/1497.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Charles CAMERON.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 6.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Charles CAMERON (4/1497)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 19 April 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=102