60426 - Sapper

George Lionel

FEARY

6th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

11 May

Enlistment

Canterbury Military District

1917

14 June

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

26 July

Transfer to England

HMNZT 90 - Ulimaroa

1917

25 September

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

23 October

Embarked for France

1917

27 October

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

10 November

Joined the Company

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

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

3 May

Detached on command to Commanding Royal Engineers, XVIIth Corps

1918

10 July

Rejoined the Company

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

1918

12 August

Admitted to hospital

1918

14 August

Diagnosed with sciatica

1918

20 August

Embarked for England

1918

21 August

Admitted to hospital

1918

27 September

From the Front

The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction

In front of the Havrincourt Bridge

1918

9 October

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

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

6 December

Granted leave to United Kingdom

1918

21 December

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1919

1919

25 January

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Port Melbourne

1919

4 August

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 188805 W5537 88/0039299, Military Personnel File: George Lionel FEARY - 60426.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: George Lionel FEARY.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°69, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “George Lionel FEARY (60426)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 20 April 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=260