Timeline
1916
2 October
Enlistment
Canterbury Military District
1916
4 October
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1916
15 November
Transfer to England
HMNZT 69 - Tahiti
1917
25 January
Admitted to hospital at sea with influenza
1917
29 January
Admitted to hospital in England with influenza
1917
7 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1917
22 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1917
2 March
Embarked for France
1917
4 March
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
31 March
Awarded 8 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay for breaking out of camp
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
15 September
Detached to VIIth Corps
1917
4 October
Rejoined the Company
1917
1 November
Awarded 14 days confinement to barracks for absence without leave from billets
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
28 February
Granted leave
1918
17 March
Admitted to hospital with debility
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
30 March
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
21 April
Rejoined the Company
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
10 September
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
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
24 November
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
29 November
Rejoined the Company
1918
19 December
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1919
9 January
Rejoined the Company
1919
11 January
Admitted to hospital
1919
31 January
Marched in to NZ Reception Camp
1919
10 February
Embarked for England
1919
11 February
Marched in to NZ Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
1919
15 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
14 March
Transfer to New Zealand
R.M.S. Ionic
1919
24 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal