Timeline
1917
22 August
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Infantry
1917
11 October
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
21 November
Transfer to England
HMNZT 96 - Maunganui
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
8 January
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1918
12 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1918
4 February
Admitted to hospital with conjunctivitis
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
2 April
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1918
9 May
Embarked for France
1918
11 May
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
17 May
Joined the Company
1918
15 July
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
7 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
31 December
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1919
19 January
Rejoined the Company
1919
22 January
Discharged
1919
29 January
Embarked for England
1919
30 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Larkhill
1919
15 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
14 March
Transfer to New Zealand
R.M.S. Ionic
1919
24 April
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal