37612 - Sapper

Archibald

BOLLINGTON

4th Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

6 October

Enlistment

Canterbury Military District

1917

1917

4 January

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

16 February

Transfer to England

HMNZT 76 - Aparima

1917

13 April

Admitted to hospital at sea with diarrhea

1917

17 April

Returned to duty

1917

2 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

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

5 April

Admitted to hospital with myalgia

1918

11 May

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

23 June

Detached to No.5 NZ Light Railway Operating Section

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

1918

6 September

Granted leave to United Kingdom

1918

22 September

Rejoined No.5 NZ Light Railway Operating Section

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

7 January

Embarked for England

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1919

20 March

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Athenic

1919

18 April

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: Archibald BOLLINGTON.
  • 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, “Archibald BOLLINGTON (37612)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 21 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=54