Timeline
1917
4 March
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1917
22 March
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
20 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
6 August
Awarded 14 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for breaking out of camp and absence without leave
1917
9 August
Awarded 168 hours detention and forfeited 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for breaking out of camp and absence without leave
1917
11 August
Embarked for France
1917
14 August
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
3 September
Joined the Company
1917
23 October
Admitted to hospital
1917
1 November
Rejoined the Company
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
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
1 April
Admitted to hospital with an injury to the right knee
1918
4 May
Awarded 7 days Field Punishment No.2 and forfeited 14 days pay for breaking out of hospital, creating a disturbance and drunkenness
1918
6 June
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
30 July
Admitted to hospital with an injury to the right knee
1918
4 August
Forfeited 20 days pay and 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave, drunkenness and being in town without a pass
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
12 August
Awarded 7 days Field Punishment No.1 and forfeited 3 days pay and 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave
1918
23 August
Rejoined the Company
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
22 January
Discharged
1919
29 January
Embarked for England
1919
30 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Larkhill
1919
15 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
8 March
Awarded 4 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 4 days pay under Royal Warrant for absence without leave
1919
12 March
Awarded 2 days detention and forfeited 28 days pay for being found in possession of stolen property
1919
14 March
Transfer to New Zealand
R.M.S. Ionic
1919
20 April
Admonished for failing to appear on parade
1919
22 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal