37600 - Sapper

Frederick

LEMON

4th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

2 January

Enlistment

Canterbury Military District

1917

4 January

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

4 February

Promoted Lance Corporal

1917

16 February

Transfer to England

HMNZT 76 - Aparima

1917

29 March

Admitted to hospital at sea with sore throat

1917

30 March

Returned to duty

1917

2 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

Reverted to Sapper

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 July

Embarked for France

1917

5 July

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

13 July

Joined the Company

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

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

18 May

Admitted to hospital with a right knee injury

1918

29 May

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital

1918

7 July

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

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

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
1919

1919

24 February

Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London

1919

24 March

Final discharge

End of Service Overseas

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 W5544 12/0067617, Military Personnel File: Frederick LEMON - 37600.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Frederick LEMON.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°55, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Frederick LEMON (37600)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 29 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=485