37619 - Sapper

William Rodney Pitt

PALMER

5th Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

9 August

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1917

1917

22 March

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

26 April

Transfer to England

HMNZT 84 - Turakina

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

20 September

Joined the Company

1917

19 November

Admitted to hospital with a wound to the right thigh

Rejoined the Company

1917

27 November

Admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds to the neck and the left thigh

1917

2 December

Embarked for England

1917

7 December

Admitted to hospital

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

31 January

Granted leave

1918

15 February

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1918

5 March

Admitted to hospital with mumps

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

30 March

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1918

29 May

Embarked for France

1918

31 May

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

5 June

Rejoined the Company

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

Detached to IVth Army

1918

15 August

Rejoined the Company

1918

5 September

Transferred

NZ Army Service Corps

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°62, p. 40.

Photography

  • Auckland Libraries Ngā Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections: 31-P2927.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “William Rodney Pitt PALMER (37619)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 10 May 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=655