Timeline
1915
22 September
Enlistment
Canterbury Military District
1915
11 October
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
11 November
Promoted Sergeant
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
21 June
Granted leave to France
1916
29 September
Rejoined the Company
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
28 February
Selected for an Imperial Commission
Embarked for England
1917
10 March
Detached to No.5 Officers Cadet Battalion, Cambridge
1917
17 March
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1917
8 April
Detached to Royal Engineers Officers Cadet Company, Chatham
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
1917
7 June
Detached to No.4 Officers Cadet Battalion, Oxford
1917
25 September
Promoted 2nd Lieutenant
Transferred
Wellington Regiment
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal