Timeline
1915
22 October
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Medical Corps
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
22 May
Admitted to hospital with right arm and leg contusions after being thrown out of a motor car
1916
2 June
Granted sick leave to United Kingdom
1916
27 June
Readmitted to hospital
1916
5 September
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1916
9 November
Admitted to hospital
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
1917
22 January
Embarked for France from NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
1917
1 February
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
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
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
5 June
Admitted to hospital with gastritis
1917
15 June
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
24 June
Transferred
No.1 NZ Field Ambulance
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal