Timeline
1917
12 April
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
20 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
7 August
Awarded 14 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for breaking out of camp and absence without leave
1917
11 August
Embarked for France
1917
14 August
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Detached to Segregation Camp
1917
21 August
Admitted to hospital with dysentery
1917
7 September
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
20 September
Joined the Company
1917
8 December
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
1917
11 December
Rejoined the Company
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
10 January
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
1918
13 January
Rejoined the Company
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
15 April
Admitted to hospital with epididymitis
1918
16 May
Sentenced to 4 months Imprisonment with Hard Labour and to forfait pay until his share (50 francs) of the damage was made good for entering the Villa Reay, Cayeux, and doing damage there to the amount of 500 francs, and being in possession of a stolen barrel of beer
1918
4 June
Admitted to No.2 Military Prison, Rouen
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
15 September
Released from prison
1918
18 September
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
29 September
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
16 October
Forfeited 1 day pay and 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for overstaying leave
1918
18 October
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
6 November
Rejoined the Company
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
26 November
Admitted to hospital
1918
27 November
Diagnosed with orchitis
1918
3 December
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
1918
20 December
Granted leave
1919
4 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
6 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
1919
26 June
Awarded 21 days detention and forfeited 21 days pay for absence without leave
1919
14 August
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Adolph Woermann
1919
30 October
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal