Timeline
1915
15 December
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Army Staff Officers
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
18 December
Transfer to England
S.S. Ruapehu
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
27 June
Admitted to hospital with a fractured fibula
1916
1 July
Embarked for England
1916
2 July
Admitted to hospital
1916
15 July
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1916
19 August
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
22 November
Granted leave
1916
2 December
Rejoined the Company
1917
11 January
Appointed as a General Staff Officer at the Divisional Headquarters of the NZ Expeditionary Force, France
1917
15 February
Transferred
VIth Army Corps Headquarters, France
Decoration
Distinguished Service Order
“For distinguished service in the field.”
Mentioned in Dispatches
“For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty.”
British War Medal
Victory Medal