37678 - Sapper

Robert Forbes

MOORE

5th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

3 March

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1917

22 March

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

31 March

Promoted Lance Corporal

1917

10 April

Appointed temporary Corporal

1917

22 April

Appointed temporary Sergeant

1917

26 April

Transfer to England

HMNZT 84 - Turakina

1917

20 July

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

Reverted to temporary Corporal

1917

11 August

Embarked for France

1917

12 August

Reverted to Sapper

1917

14 August

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

Detached to Segregation Camp

1917

5 September

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

20 September

Joined the Company

1917

13 November

Promoted Lance Corporal

1917

26 November

Detached to Gas School

1917

2 December

Rejoined the Company

1917

8 December

Detached to IVth Corps

1917

12 December

Rejoined 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

16 May

Selected for a temporary Imperial Commission

Embarked for England

1918

12 June

Transferred

Appointed to temporary Imperial Commission in Labour Corps

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: Robert Forbes MOORE.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°62, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Robert Forbes MOORE (37678)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 21 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=595