Timeline
1915
23 July
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1915
11 October
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
8 December
Promoted Lance Corporal
1915
18 December
Transfer to England
S.S. Ruapehu
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
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
27 January
Appointed temporary 2nd Corporal
1917
28 March
Promoted 2nd Corporal
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
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
Promoted Corporal
1917
28 May
Admitted to hospital
1917
30 May
Diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis
1917
3 June
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
1917
21 June
Classified unfit for active service
1917
17 October
Granted sick leave
1917
27 October
Readmitted to hospital
1917
1 November
Transfer to New Zealand
H.T. Mokoia
1918
15 March
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
Distinguished Conduct Medal
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed the greatest coolness and courage when he and his party were entombed in a gallery. There was a great risk of the workings being discovered, but he succeeded in getting his party dug out undetected.”
British War Medal
Victory Medal