4/1693 - Sergeant Major

Charles

PARNELL

1st Reinforcements

Timeline


1915

1915

20 September

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1915

11 October

Initial training

Avondale, Auckland

1915

15 November

Reverted to Sergeant at own request

1915

18 December

Transfer to England

S.S. Ruapehu

1916

1916

3 February

Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth

1916

7 March

Stationed at Falmouth

1916

16 March

From the Front

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

1916

23 March

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

1916

3 June

Embarked for France

1916

6 June

Joined the Company

1916

12 June

Detached to Gas School

1916

15 June

Rejoined the Company

1916

31 July

Detached to Mine School

1916

6 August

Rejoined the Company

1916

21 September

Detached to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1916

2 October

Embarked for England

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

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

1917

26 January

Transferred

Auckland Regiment

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 119/0090322, Military Personnel File: Charles PARNELL - 4/1693.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Charles PARNELL.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 8.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Charles PARNELL (4/1693)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 23 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=658