37508 - Sapper

William Henry

MOOR

3rd Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

2 September

Enlistment

Wellington Military District

1916

4 October

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1916

15 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 69 - Tahiti

1916

14 December

Awarded 72 hours detention

1916

28 December

Awarded 144 hours detention

1917

1917

6 January

Admitted to hospital at sea with influenza

1917

10 January

Returned to duty

1917

11 January

Awarded 3 days confinement to barracks

1917

18 January

Admitted to hospital at sea with bronchitis

1917

19 January

Returned to duty

1917

29 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1917

12 February

Admitted to hospital with laryngitis

1917

23 March

Fined 10/- for drunkenness

1917

9 April

Battle of Arras

British Offensive


From the Front

The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle

Arras-Cambrai Road

1917

27 April

Forfeited 7 days pay for gambling

1917

30 April

Forfeited 14 days pay for gambling

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

27 May

Awarded 8 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 3 days pay for absence without leave and disobeying hospital standing orders by being in possession of khaki

1917

2 August

Classified unfit for active service on account of asthma and bronchitis

1917

5 August

Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay

1917

27 August

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Remuera

1917

13 December

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 40/0082435, Military Personnel File: William Henry MOOR - 37508.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: William Henry MOOR.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume II, Roll N°45, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “William Henry MOOR (37508)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 20 May 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=594