Timeline
1915
1915
1 October
Enlistment
Wellington Military District
1915
11 October
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
27 November
Promoted Sergeant
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
29 June
Appointed Acting Section Sergeant
1916
13 October
Admitted to hospital with scabies
1916
27 October
Rejoined the Company
1916
2 November
Forfeited 4 days pay for failing to parade for duty at trenches after being warned
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
25 January
Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen
Died of wounds
No.42 Casualty Clearing Station, Aubigny-en-Artois
Resting place
Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Grave reference
I F 42
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal