37515 - Sapper

James

KENNEDY

3rd Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

3 October

Enlistment

Wellington Military District

1916

4 October

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1916

20 October

Awarded 7 days confinement to barracks for breaking out and breaking into camp

1916

4 November

Awarded 7 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 7 days pay for overstaying leave

1916

15 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 69 - Tahiti

1916

16 December

Awarded 72 hours detention

1917

1917

29 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1917

2 March

Embarked for France

1917

4 March

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

8 March

Awarded 7 days Field Punishment No.2, and forfeited 7 days pay and 2 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

13 April

Joined the Company

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
1918

From the Front

The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras

The Workshop in Arras

1918

14 March

Granted leave to United Kingdom

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

2 April

Admitted to hospital with venereal disease

1918

29 April

Rejoined the Company

1918

1 July

Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from tattoo

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

1918

4 September

Forfeited 5 days pay and 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

1918

27 September

From the Front

The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction

In front of the Havrincourt Bridge

1918

11 November

Armistice

Cessation of Hostilities


From the Front

The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory

Over the Sambre River, Maubeuge

1918

13 November

Admitted to hospital with influenza

1918

9 December

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

21 December

Embarked for England

1918

23 December

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1919

1919

28 January

Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

1919

7 February

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Ajana

1919

23 April

Final discharge

End of Service

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 92/0063657, Military Personnel File: James KENNEDY - 37515.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: James KENNEDY.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume II, Roll N°45, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “James KENNEDY (37515)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 23 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=445