Timeline
1917
1917
28 March
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
20 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
11 August
Embarked for France
1917
14 August
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
6 September
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
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
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
In front of the Havrincourt Bridge
1918
5 November
Admitted to hospital with crushed finger
1918
10 November
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Over the Sambre River, Maubeuge
1919
1919
18 January
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Zealandic
1919
28 March
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal