37488 - Sapper

Samuel

CUNLIFFE

3rd Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

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

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

Arras-Cambrai Road

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

The Billets in Monchy

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

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

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

In front of the Havrincourt Bridge

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

24 November

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

29 November

Rejoined the Company

1918

19 December

Granted leave to United Kingdom

1919

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
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 5/0030911, Military Personnel File: Samuel CUNLIFFE - 37488.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Samuel CUNLIFFE.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume II, Roll N°45, p. 35.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Samuel CUNLIFFE (37488)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 29 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=181