5/896 - Driver

Henry Vipond

PICKERING

Main Body (Army Service Corps)

Timeline


1915

1915

11 December

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

Initial training

Avondale, Auckland

1915

18 December

Transfer to England

S.S. Ruapehu

1916

1916

3 February

Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth

1916

9 March

Embarked for France

1916

16 March

From the Front

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

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

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

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

23 July

Granted leave to United Kingdom

1917

3 August

Forfeited 3 days pay for overstaying leave

1917

5 August

Rejoined the Company

1917

9 August

Admitted to hospital with defective vision

1917

13 August

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

4 September

Classified unfit for service in the field

1917

19 September

Embarked for England

Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay

1917

14 November

Classified unfit for active service on account of overage and defective vision

1917

16 November

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Ruahine

1918

1918

3 February

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: Henry Vipond PICKERING.
  • 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, “Henry Vipond PICKERING (5/896)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 12 May 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=681