Timeline
1915
13 October
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
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 March
Awarded 12 days Field Punishment No.1 for disobedience and absence without leave
1916
16 August
Forfeited 2 days pay for absence from parade
1916
25 August
Forfeited 2 days pay for absence from parade and using insulting language to an NCO
1916
12 September
Awarded 5 days Field Punishment No.1 for drunkenness
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
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
27 September
Admitted to hospital with defective vision
1917
1 October
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
10 November
Rejoined the Company
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
13 January
Granted leave
1918
29 January
Rejoined the Company
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
4 June
Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from tattoo
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
14 August
Awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2 for drunkenness and absence without leave
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
23 October
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
25 October
Classified unfit for service in the field
Embarked for England
1918
30 October
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1919
29 January
Final discharge
End of Service Overseas
1919
5 October
Transfer to New Zealand
R.M.S. Arawa
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal