Timeline
1917
6 June
Enlistment
Canterbury Military District
1917
11 October
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
30 January
Admitted to hospital with bronchitis
1918
4 February
Diagnosed with lobar pneumonia
Placed on dangerously ill list
1918
6 March
Removed from dangerously ill list
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
8 June
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1918
17 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
12 August
Embarked for France
1918
15 August
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
19 August
Joined the Company
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1919
22 January
Discharged
1919
29 January
Embarked for England
1919
30 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Larkhill
1919
15 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
14 March
Transfer to New Zealand
R.M.S. Ionic
1919
21 March
Forfeited 3 days pay for absence from parade
1919
24 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal