37468 - Sapper

Moses

PARR

3rd Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

1 October

Enlistment

Otago Military District

1916

4 October

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1916

15 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 69 - Tahiti

1917

1917

3 January

Awarded 7 days confinement to barracks

1917

29 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1917

28 February

Awarded 7 days detention and forfeited 7 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

1917

2 March

Embarked for France

1917

4 March

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

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

Arras-Cambrai Road

1917

13 April

Joined the Company

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

The Billets in Monchy

1917

8 June

Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin

1917

20 June

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital

1917

6 July

Classified unfit for active service on account of chronic pulmonary tuberculosis

1917

9 July

Granted leave

1917

30 July

Declared illegally absent without leave

1917

6 September

Admitted to hospital with tubercular lung

1917

17 October

Granted sick leave

1917

29 October

Readmitted to hospital

1917

1 November

Transfer to New Zealand

H.T. Mokoia

1918

1918

9 January

Granted sick leave

1918

15 January

Reported to local Defence Office

1918

18 February

Admitted to sanatorium, Pleasant Valley

1918

4 April

Final discharge

End of Service

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 119/0090348, Military Personnel File: Moses PARR - 37468.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Moses PARR.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume II, Roll N°45, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Moses PARR (37468)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 23 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=659