Timeline
1916
28 September
Enlistment
Otago Military District
1916
4 October
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1916
29 October
Promoted Sergeant
1916
15 November
Transfer to England
HMNZT 69 - Tahiti
1916
5 December
Admitted to hospital at sea with gastritis
1916
9 December
Returned to duty
1917
8 January
Admitted to hospital at sea with lumbago
1917
10 January
Returned to duty
1917
17 January
Admitted to hospital at sea with lumbago
1917
18 January
Returned to duty
1917
29 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1917
30 January
Reverted to Lance Corporal
1917
28 February
Admitted to hospital with myalgia
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
17 April
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1917
28 April
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
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
3 July
Embarked for France
1917
4 July
Reverted to Sapper
1917
5 July
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
13 July
Joined 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
Promoted Lance Corporal
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
24 April
Admitted to hospital with hyperesthesia
1918
3 May
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital with neurasthenia
1918
1 June
Diagnosed with tubercle of spine
Placed on seriously ill list
1918
27 June
Classified unfit for active service
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
4 September
Removed from seriously ill list
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
H.S. Marama
1920
28 April
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal