Timeline
1917
2 April
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Rifle Brigade
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
20 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
11 August
Embarked for France
1917
14 August
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
6 September
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
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
8 May
Admitted to hospital with diarrhea
1918
2 July
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
10 November
Rejoined the Company
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
16 November
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia
1918
18 November
Diagnosed with influenza
1918
1 December
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
9 December
Rejoined the Company
1919
22 January
Discharged
1919
29 January
Embarked for England
1919
30 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Larkhill
1919
7 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
6 March
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1919
12 March
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
14 March
Transfer to New Zealand
R.M.S. Ionic
1919
31 March
Admitted to hospital at sea with bronchitis
1919
6 April
Returned to duty
1919
22 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal