4/1439 - Sapper

Hugh Patrick

KILLEN

Main Body - Section No.3

Timeline


1915

1915

21 September

Enlistment

Wellington Military District

1915

11 October

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

29 April

Admitted to hospital

1916

4 May

Diagnosed with myalgia

1916

30 May

Embarked for England

1916

31 May

Admitted to hospital

1916

29 September

Detached on duty to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames

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

27 December

Admitted to hospital with bronchitis

1917

1917

10 January

Detached on duty to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames

1917

30 January

Classified unfit for active service on account of rheumatism

1917

2 March

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

1917

13 March

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Maunganui

1917

29 June

Final discharge

End of Service

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Hugh Patrick KILLEN.
  • 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, “Hugh Patrick KILLEN (4/1439)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 23 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=449