39673 - Sapper

Richard Henry

PETTERD

4th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

19 January

Posted to Tunnelling Corps

From NZ Infantry

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

16 February

Transfer to England

HMNZT 76 - Aparima

1917

2 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

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

3 July

Embarked for France

1917

5 July

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

13 July

Joined the Company

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

11 January

Classified unfit for service in the field

1918

20 January

Embarked for England

1918

21 January

Marched in to NZ Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase

1918

14 February

Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay

1918

6 March

Classified unfit for active service on account of overage

1918

14 March

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Remuera

1918

6 June

Final discharge

End of Service

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Richard Henry PETTERD.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°55, p. 40.

Photography

  • Auckland Libraries Ngā Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections: 31-P3460.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Richard Henry PETTERD (39673)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 5 May 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=677