Timeline
1916
13 September
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1916
4 October
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1916
15 November
Transfer to England
HMNZT 69 - Tahiti
1916
13 December
Awarded 48 hours detention
1916
18 December
Admitted to hospital at sea with sprained ankle
1917
14 January
Returned to duty
1917
15 January
Fined 10/-
1917
29 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1917
1 February
Awarded 7 days detention and forfeited 7 days pay for drunkenness and misconduct in billets
1917
17 March
Awarded 28 days detention for conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, and also to pay 30/- for causing damage
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
4 June
Embarked for France
1917
7 June
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
5 July
Joined the Company
1917
28 November
Granted leave
1917
7 December
Rejoined the Company
1917
26 December
Gassed
Admitted to hospital
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
5 January
Rejoined the Company
1918
16 January
Admitted to hospital
1918
22 January
Diagnosed with bronchitis
1918
15 March
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
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
23 March
Awarded 21 days Field Punishment No.2 and forfeited 21 days pay for drunkenness, absence without leave and being in Paris Plage without a pass
1918
11 May
Admitted to hospital with injury
1918
17 May
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
31 May
Awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2 and forfeited 14 days pay for drunkenness
1918
5 June
Rejoined the Company
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
13 August
Granted leave
1918
1 September
Rejoined the Company
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
16 December
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1919
16 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
1919
19 May
Admonished and 10 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave
1919
16 June
Awarded 168 hours detention for absence without leave
1919
23 June
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Geissen
1919
23 September
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal