37651 - Sapper

Cletus Patrick

O'BRIEN

5th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

10 March

Enlistment

Canterbury Military District

1917

22 March

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

26 April

Transfer to England

HMNZT 84 - Turakina

1917

1 July

Admitted to hospital at sea

1917

3 July

Returned to duty

1917

9 July

Admitted to hospital at sea

1917

14 July

Returned to duty

1917

20 July

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

11 August

Embarked for France

1917

14 August

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

6 September

Joined 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

12 January

Admitted to hospital

1918

4 February

Diagnosed with cerebral tumor

1918

4 March

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital

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

6 May

Placed on dangerously ill list

1918

17 July

Died of disease

No.1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst

Resting place

Brockenhurst Saint Nicholas Churchyard, United Kingdom

Grave reference

A. 5. 15

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: Cletus Patrick O'BRIEN.
  • 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, “Cletus Patrick O'BRIEN (37651)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 23 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=636