Timeline
1915
12 October
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1916
4 October
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1916
5 November
Awarded 8 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 8 days pay for overstaying leave
1916
15 November
Transfer to England
HMNZT 69 - Tahiti
1916
16 December
Forfeited 3 days pay
1917
29 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1917
2 March
Embarked for France
1917
4 March
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
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
Joined the Company
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
24 July
Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the right shoulder
1917
14 September
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
20 October
Classified unfit for service in the field
1917
10 November
Embarked for England
1917
11 November
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
12 January
Classified unfit for active service
1918
1 February
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Willochra
1918
13 April
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal