4/1362 - Sapper

William Matthew

MANNIX

Main Body - Section No.2

Timeline


1915

1915

27 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

27 April

Forfeited 1 day pay for disobedience

1916

16 August

Admitted to hospital with inflammation of stomach

1916

2 September

Embarked for England

1916

4 September

Admitted to hospital

1916

28 October

Invalided

Transfer to New Zealand

H.S. Mahino

1917

1917

13 March

Final discharge

End of Service

1919

18 February

Died of disease

Contracted while on active service, Waihi

Resting place

Waihi Public Cemetery, New Zealand

Grave reference

Plot 134. D

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: William Matthew MANNIX.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 3.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “William Matthew MANNIX (4/1362)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 25 April 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=512