4/1365 - Sapper

Hector

MOCKFORD

Main Body - Section No.2

Timeline


1915

1915

5 October

Enlistment

Auckland 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

3 July

Admitted to hospital

1916

6 July

Diagnosed with nephritis

1916

12 July

Embarked for England

1916

13 July

Admitted to hospital

1916

28 September

Granted leave

1916

21 October

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1916

26 October

Forfeited 9 days pay and 9 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

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

1917

1917

5 January

Detached to No.3 NZ General Hospital, Codford

1917

19 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1917

8 February

Classified unfit for active service on account of overage and nephritis

1917

14 February

Transfer to New Zealand

R.M.S. Ionic

1917

4 April

Forfeited 3 days pay for overstaying leave

1917

18 May

Final discharge

End of Service

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 W5549 35/0081935, Military Personnel File: Hector MOCKFORD - 4/1365.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Hector MOCKFORD.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 3.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Hector MOCKFORD (4/1365)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 20 May 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=590