Timeline
1915
13 October
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Infantry
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
16 April
Admitted to hospital with measles
1916
1 June
Admitted to hospital from NZ Base Depot, Etaples
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
17 November
Rejoined the Company from 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
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
28 May
Arrested by Military Police, Boulogne
1917
5 July
Appeared before a Field General Court Martial for desertion
1917
16 July
Sentenced to death by a Field General Court Martial. Commuted to 5 years penal servitude and suspended
1917
17 July
Rejoined the Company
1917
16 December
XVIIth Corps refused to put suspended sentence into effect
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
22 January
Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the left leg
1918
2 March
Awaited trial for self-inflicted wounds
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
6 April
Classified unfit for active service, trial and punishment
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
30 August
Released from arrest
Marched in to Base Depot, Etaples
1918
6 September
Embarked for England
1918
11 September
Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
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
22 December
Forfeited 14 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave and admitted to hospital with a leg injury
1919
10 March
Transfer to New Zealand
H.S. Maheno
1920
15 January
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal