4/1438 - Sapper

Edwin

KEIG

Main Body - Section No.3

Timeline


1915

1915

11 October

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

Initial training

Avondale, Auckland

1915

18 December

Transfer to England

S.S. Ruapehu

1916

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

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

1916

16 June

Rejoined the Company from leave

1916

26 October

Admitted to hospital with Inflammation of the Connective Tissue of the right thigh

1916

2 November

Embarked for England

1916

3 November

Admitted to hospital

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

1916

18 November

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1917

1917

8 February

Classified unfit for service in the field on account of overage

1917

20 February

Forfeited 8 days pay and 8 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

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

Arras-Cambrai Road

1917

26 April

Embarked for New Zealand

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

The Billets in Monchy

1917

3 August

Reported for duty, Trentham

1917

24 August

Transferred

Headquarters Musketry

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5541 86/0062052, Military Personnel File: Edwin KEIG - 4/1438.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Edwin KEIG.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 4.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Edwin KEIG (4/1438)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 23 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=438