Timeline
1917
11 October
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Infantry
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
21 November
Transfer to England
HMNZT 96 - Maunganui
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
8 January
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1918
12 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
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 April
Embarked for France
1918
28 April
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
1 May
Joined the Company
1918
15 July
Sick with influenza
1918
16 July
Returned to duty
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
10 November
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
10 December
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
21 December
Embarked for England
1918
23 December
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1919
28 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
11 March
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Raranga
1919
27 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal