Timeline
1916
11 October
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Field Artillery
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1916
15 November
Transfer to England
HMNZT 69 - Tahiti
1917
29 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1917
2 March
Embarked for France
1917
4 March
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
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
13 April
Joined the Company
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
28 October
Detached to Mine School
1917
11 November
Rejoined the Company
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
5 January
Granted leave to Paris
1918
12 January
Rejoined the Company
1918
20 January
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1918
3 March
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
6 March
Admitted to hospital with scabies
1918
12 March
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
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
21 April
Rejoined the Company
1918
15 July
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
21 August
Rejoined the Company
1918
18 September
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
5 October
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
20 November
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
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