Timeline
1916
23 September
Enlistment
Canterbury Military District
1917
4 January
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
1917
3 July
Embarked for France
1917
5 July
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
23 November
Admitted to hospital with scabies
1917
30 November
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
29 January
Detached to XXIInd Corps Reinforcement Camp, Abeele
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
27 April
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
5 September
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
21 September
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
8 October
Joined the Company
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1919
8 January
Granted leave to Paris
1919
20 January
Rejoined the Company
1919
22 January
Discharged
1919
29 January
Embarked for England
1919
30 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Larkhill
1919
15 February
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
14 March
Transfer to New Zealand
R.M.S. Ionic
1919
24 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal