Timeline
1915
11 September
Enlistment
Canterbury Military District
1915
11 October
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
18 December
Transfer to England
S.S. Ruapehu
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
1916
27 April
Awarded 3 days Field Punishment No.1 for creating a disturbance and escaping from custody
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
1 February
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1917
3 March
Admitted to hospital
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
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
17 September
Forfeited 2 days pay for neglecting to obey orders
1917
22 September
Diagnosed with pneumonia
1917
4 December
Granted leave
1917
19 December
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
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
5 April
Embarked for France
1918
7 April
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
9 April
Rejoined the Company
1918
23 May
Awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.1 for being out of billets without a pass and absence from tattoo
1918
26 May
Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the head
1918
5 June
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
9 November
Granted leave
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
25 November
Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch
1919
1 February
Appointed Cook
1919
19 February
Relinquished appointment of Cook
1919
14 March
Arrested on suspicion of stealing goods property of NZ Government
1919
18 May
Sentenced to 6 months Imprisonment without Hard Labour for receiving goods knowing them to be stolen
1919
5 August
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Ayrshire
1919
20 September
Sentence remitted
1919
18 October
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal