Timeline
1916
4 October
Enlistment
Canterbury Military District
1917
4 January
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
16 February
Transfer to England
HMNZT 76 - Aparima
1917
3 March
Admitted to hospital at sea with scarlet fever
1917
20 March
Returned to duty
1917
2 May
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
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
5 July
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
13 July
Joined the Company
1917
27 November
Missing when repairing a bridge on the Cambrai Road crossing of the Canal du Nord
1917
14 December
Reported Prisoner of War in Internment Camp, Minden
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
17 April
Reported in Internment Camp, Munster
1918
28 May
Reported in Internment Camp, Friedrichsfeld
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
28 November
Released from detention
1918
29 November
Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
Granted leave
1918
29 December
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
5 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
1919
12 March
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Corinthic
1919
11 June
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal