4/1410 - Sapper

Edward

CAROLAN

Main Body - Section No.3

Timeline


1915

1915

9 October

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

30 July

Forfeited 2 days pay for disobeying orders and using insubordinate language

1916

25 August

Forfeited 9 days pay for being absent from parade

1916

27 August

Forfeited 1 day pay for appearing in the street without being properly dressed

1916

12 September

Awarded 7 days Field Punishment No.1 for drunkenness and resisting arrest

1916

24 September

Forfeited 2 days pay for drunkenness

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

11 December

Awarded 28 days Field Punishment No.1 for absence from parade

1917

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

Arras-Cambrai Road

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

The Billets in Monchy

1917

20 October

Forfeited 2 days pay for absence without leave

1918

From the Front

The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras

The Workshop in Arras

1918

6 January

Granted leave

1918

23 January

Rejoined the Company

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

10 April

Awarded 4 days Field Punishment No.1 and forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave from roll call

1918

27 May

Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from parade

1918

1 July

Forfeited 4 days pay for absence from parade

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

1918

27 September

From the Front

The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction

In front of the Havrincourt Bridge

1918

22 October

Awarded 5 days Field Punishment No.1 for drunkenness

1918

11 November

Armistice

Cessation of Hostilities


From the Front

The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory

Over the Sambre River, Maubeuge

1918

8 December

Granted leave to United Kingdom

1919

1919

26 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1919

29 January

Final discharge

End of Service Overseas

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 45/0022950, Military Personnel File: Edward CAROLAN - 4/1410.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Edward CAROLAN.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 5.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Edward CAROLAN (4/1410)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 29 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=111