Timeline
1915
13 October
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
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
1 November
Granted leave
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
Rejoined the Company
1917
18 March
Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the thigh
1917
30 March
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
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
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
16 May
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
1 June
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1917
19 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1917
31 July
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1917
18 August
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1917
19 September
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
20 September
Awarded 3 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 2 days pay for absence without leave
1917
25 September
Awarded 4 days confinement to barracks for absence without leave
1917
29 September
Awarded 7 days confinement to barracks for failing to answer to defaulters call
1917
13 October
Embarked for France
1917
15 October
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
22 October
Rejoined the Company
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
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
27 December
Discharged
1919
1 January
Embarked for England
1919
2 January
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1919
21 January
Awarded 3 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay for absence without leave
1919
1 February
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Hororata
1919
13 June
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal