Timeline
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
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
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
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
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
Victory Medal