Timeline
1915
9 October
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1915
11 October
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
21 March
Awarded 4 days Field Punishment No.1 for using obscene language to a superior officer
1916
1 June
Admitted to hospital with back contusion
1916
6 June
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
26 November
Granted leave
1916
10 December
Rejoined the Company
1917
3 April
Admitted to hospital with laryngitis
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
11 April
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
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
5 October
Granted leave
1917
20 October
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
23 October
Transferred to NZ Veterinary Section
1917
29 October
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1917
30 October
Attached to NZ Army Service Corps Reserve Group
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
20 February
Transferred to Otago Regiment
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
23 March
Transferred to NZ Engineers Tunnelling Company
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1918
26 May
Embarked for France
1918
28 April
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
1 May
Rejoined the NZ Engineers Tunnelling Company
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
15 November
Detached to NZ Mobile Veterinary Section
1919
4 January
Embarked for England
1919
5 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch
1919
1 April
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1919
8 April
Admitted to hospital with parotid lymph
1919
14 May
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
6 June
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
1919
12 September
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Remuera
1919
25 November
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal