4/1469 - Sapper

Robert

DONNELLY

Main Body - Section No.3

Timeline


1915

1915

9 October

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1915

11 October

Initial training

Avondale, Auckland

1915

18 December

Transfer to England

S.S. Ruapehu

1916

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

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

1916

31 July

Detached to Mine School

1916

6 August

Rejoined the Company

1916

6 September

Granted leave

1916

15 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

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

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

8 June

Admitted to hospital with ulcer

1917

18 June

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

23 June

Admitted to hospital with corneal ulcer

1917

26 June

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital

1917

13 August

Granted leave

1917

15 August

Classified unfit for active service

1917

3 September

Admitted to hospital with keratoconus

1917

24 December

Transfer to New Zealand

H.S. Maheno

1918

1918

2 March

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 43/0034704, Military Personnel File: Robert DONNELLY - 4/1469.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Robert DONNELLY.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 5.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Robert DONNELLY (4/1469)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 22 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=211