Timeline
1915
6 October
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1915
11 October
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
18 December
Transfer to England
S.S. Ruapehu
1916
3 February
Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
1916
9 March
Embarked for France
1916
16 March
From the Front
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
1916
31 July
Detached on command to Mine School
1916
6 August
Rejoined the Company
1916
16 November
From the Front
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
1916
26 November
Granted leave
1916
10 December
Rejoined the Company
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
15 April
Detached to Mine School
1917
22 April
Rejoined the Company
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
7 June
Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the head
1917
10 June
Rejoined the Company
1917
20 June
Detached to Mine School
1917
26 June
Rejoined the Company
1917
2 September
Detached to Rest Camp, Saint-Valery
1917
15 September
Rejoined the Company
1917
27 December
Granted leave
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
13 January
Rejoined the Company
1918
17 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 March
Appointed temporary 2nd Corporal
1918
18 May
Promoted 2nd Corporal
1918
8 July
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
1918
16 July
Rejoined the Company
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
1 December
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1919
25 January
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Port Melbourne
1919
20 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal