Timeline
1917
1917
31 March
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Army Service Corps
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
4 July
Admitted to hospital at sea
1917
5 July
Returned to duty
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
1917
10 December
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
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
22 February
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
18 March
Granted leave to United Kingdom
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 April
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
11 April
Transferred
NZ Divisional Employment Company
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal