4/1308 - Sapper

William

PRATT

Main Body - Section No.1

Timeline


1915

1915

21 September

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1915

11 October

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

21 June

Admitted to hospital

1916

22 June

Diagnosed with myalgia

1916

7 July

Embarked for England

1916

8 July

Admitted to hospital

1916

15 August

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

1916

31 August

Invalided

Transfer to New Zealand

H.S. Marama

1916

23 October

Granted sick leave

1916

29 October

Reported to local Defence Office

1916

1 November

Granted leave

1916

21 November

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 W5550 38/0094286, Military Personnel File: William PRATT - 4/1308.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: William PRATT.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 2.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “William PRATT (4/1308)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 27 April 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=700