Timeline
1916
14 November
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1917
22 March
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
31 March
Promoted Lance Corporal
1917
10 April
Promoted Corporal
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
12 May
Appointed Acting Sergeant
1917
17 May
Admitted to hospital at sea
1917
21 May
Returned to duty
1917
7 July
Admitted to hospital at sea
1917
13 July
Returned to duty
1917
20 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
21 July
Reverted to Lance Corporal
1917
13 October
Embarked for France
1917
14 October
Reverted to Sapper
1917
15 October
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
22 October
Joined the Company
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near 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
2 April
Admitted to hospital with synovitis of the right knee
1918
8 April
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
1918
19 June
Granted leave
1918
4 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1918
30 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 August
Detached on command to NZ Depot, Torquay
1918
5 September
Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
14 December
Appointed temporary Sergeant for educational purposes on S.S. Briton
1918
20 December
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1918
23 December
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Briton
1919
27 February
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal