60407 - Sapper

Hugh Thomas

GORDON

6th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

4 May

Enlistment

Otago Military District

1917

14 June

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

21 July

Promoted Sergeant

1917

26 July

Transfer to England

HMNZT 90 - Ulimaroa

1917

24 September

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

25 September

Reverted to temporary Corporal

1917

13 October

Embarked for France

1917

14 October

Reverted to Sapper

1917

15 October

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

22 October

Joined the Company

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

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

26 June

Transferred

NZ Infantry at own request

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5539 36/0046008, Military Personnel File: Hugh Thomas GORDON - 60407.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Hugh Thomas GORDON.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°69, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Hugh Thomas GORDON (60407)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 28 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=320