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
1916
8 December
Awarded 2 days confinement to barracks
1917
29 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1917
17 February
Admitted to hospital with myalgia
1917
3 April
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
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
Forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave
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
1917
8 May
Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from tattoo
1917
20 June
Embarked for France
1917
23 June
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
5 July
Joined the Company
1917
6 September
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
1917
11 October
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
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
12 May
Marched in to XXIIth Corps Reinforcement Camp, Abeele
1918
25 May
Transferred
3rd NZ Entrenching Battalion
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal