Timeline
1915
12 October
Enlistment
Otago 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
24 June
Detached to Mine School
1916
2 July
Rejoined the Company
1916
21 August
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia
1916
25 August
Rejoined the Company
1916
11 October
Granted leave
1916
20 October
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
1917
4 April
Detached to Mine School
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
Rejoined 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
17 August
Appointed temporary 2nd Corporal
1917
4 September
Awarded 3 years penal servitude and reverted to Sapper for drunkenness, offering violence, absence without leave and entering in a cellar in search of plunder
1917
15 October
Sentence suspended by General Officer Commanding IIIrd Army
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
8 February
Detached to 31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
1918
27 February
Rejoined the Company
1918
28 February
Granted leave
1918
18 March
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
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
1919
4 January
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford, after leave
1919
20 January
3 years penal servitude remitted by General Officer Commanding IInd Corps
1919
1 February
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Hororata
1919
13 April
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal