37709 - Sapper

James Charles

MONTEITH

5th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

1 March

Enlistment

Wellington 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

19 December

Admitted to hospital with ulcerative stomatitis

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

2 February

Invalided

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Maunganui

1918

26 March

Granted sick leave

1918

8 April

Reported to local Defence Office

1918

16 April

Granted sick leave

1918

8 May

Reported to local Defence Office

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: James Charles MONTEITH.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°62, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “James Charles MONTEITH (37709)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 29 March 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=593