Timeline
1917
9 January
Enlistment
Otago Military District
1917
22 March
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
20 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
11 August
Embarked for France
1917
14 August
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
6 September
Joined the Company
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
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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
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1918
8 July
Granted leave to Paris
1918
29 July
Rejoined the Company
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
3 September
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
14 September
Admitted to hospital
1918
18 September
Diagnosed with influenza
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
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1918
8 October
Rejoined the Company
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
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1919
9 January
Embarked for England
Transferred
NZ Educational Department
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal