Timeline
1917
19 January
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Rifle Brigade
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
27 January
Awarded 7 days confinement to barracks for breaking out of camp
1917
10 February
Awarded 72 hours detention for obtaining leave under false circumstances
1917
16 February
Transfer to England
HMNZT 76 - Aparima
1917
2 May
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
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
15 May
Forfeited 1 day pay for committing a nuisance in camp
1917
3 July
Embarked for France
1917
5 July
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
11 July
Admitted to hospital
1917
23 July
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital with pneumonia lobar
1917
3 September
Forfeited 1 day pay for absence without leave and disobeying hospital standing orders by being in possession of khaki
1917
20 October
Granted leave
1917
5 November
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
22 November
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1917
28 December
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
25 January
Forfeited 3 days pay for absence from billets and failing to comply with orders given by an NCO
1918
6 March
Embarked for France
1918
8 March
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
17 March
Joined 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
1 April
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1918
25 May
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
13 June
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1918
22 June
Diagnosed with bronchitis
1918
29 June
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
12 August
Rejoined the Company
1918
4 September
Admitted to hospital
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
4 October
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
8 October
Rejoined the Company
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
29 December
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1919
22 January
Marched in NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1919
8 March
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Willochra
1919
13 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal