Timeline
1916
11 October
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Field Artillery
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1916
15 November
Transfer to England
HMNZT 69 - Tahiti
1917
29 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1917
2 March
Embarked for France
1917
4 March
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
31 March
Awarded 8 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay for breaking out of camp
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
13 April
Joined 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
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
3 February
Granted leave
1918
19 February
Rejoined the Company
1918
23 February
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
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
13 May
Rejoined the Company
1918
24 May
Admitted to hospital with urethritis
1918
15 June
Rejoined the Company
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
6 December
Embarked for England on duty
1918
10 December
Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch
1919
4 January
Promoted Sergeant and appointed 4th Grade Instructor
1919
6 January
Transferred
NZ Educational Department
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal