59109 - Sapper

Walter

GEORGE

7th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

22 August

Posted to Tunnelling Corps

From NZ Rifle Brigade

1917

11 October

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

21 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 96 - Maunganui

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

8 January

Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

1918

12 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1918

6 March

Embarked for France

1918

8 March

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

14 March

Admitted to hospital with influenza

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

22 April

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

28 April

Joined the Company

1918

22 May

Forfeited 2 days pay for being half an hour late for parade

1918

8 July

Gassed

Admitted to hospital

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

1918

24 August

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital with gastritis

1918

27 September

From the Front

The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction

In front of the Havrincourt Bridge

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

19 December

Transfer to New Zealand

H.S. Marama

1919

1919

23 December

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 W5539 17/0044126, Military Personnel File: Walter GEORGE - 59109.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Walter GEORGE.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°75, p. 49.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Walter GEORGE (59109)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 22 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=306