Timeline
1915
6 October
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1915
11 October
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
18 December
Transfer to England
S.S. Ruapehu
1916
29 January
Promoted Lance Corporal
1916
3 February
Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
1916
25 February
Promoted 2nd Corporal
1916
3 March
Promoted Corporal
1916
9 March
Embarked for France
1916
16 March
From the Front
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
1916
14 April
Admitted to hospital
1916
29 April
Rejoined the Company
1916
13 September
Granted leave
1916
22 September
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
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
Appointed Acting Sergeant
1917
24 September
Promoted Sergeant
1917
2 December
Detached to Gas School
1917
8 December
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
18 February
Granted leave
1918
8 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
23 March
Severely reprimanded for drunkenness
1918
9 July
Admitted to hospital with myalgia
1918
29 July
Embarked for England
1918
31 July
Admitted to hospital with rheumatic arthritis
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
1918
19 December
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Oxfordshire
1919
2 March
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
Mentioned in Dispatches
“For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period 26th February to midnight 20th-21st September 1917.”
British War Medal
Victory Medal