4/1273 - Sapper

Thomas Joseph

HEARN

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Timeline


1915

1915

21 September

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

16 March

From the Front

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

1916

11 October

Granted leave

1916

20 October

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

1917

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

Arras-Cambrai Road

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

The Billets in Monchy

1917

21 June

Admitted to hospital with venereal disease

1917

24 June

Diagnosed with impetigo

1917

16 July

Rejoined the Company

1917

23 December

Admitted to hospital with suspected albuminuria

1918

From the Front

The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras

The Workshop in Arras

1918

21 January

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital

1918

29 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

1918

11 March

Granted leave

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

3 April

Admitted to hospital with mumps

1918

16 April

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1918

17 April

Admitted to hospital with scabies

1918

26 April

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1918

2 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

1918

17 September

Transferred

NZ Engineers

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: Thomas Joseph HEARN.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 2.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Thomas Joseph HEARN (4/1273)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 29 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=368