55627 - Sapper

John

ROSEINGRAVE

7th Reinforcements

Timeline


1917

1917

25 August

Posted to Tunnelling Corps

From NZ Infantry

1917

11 October

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

21 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 96 - Maunganui

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

8 January

Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

1918

12 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1918

18 March

Embarked for France

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

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

25 March

Joined the Company

1918

17 June

Admitted to hospital with pleurisy

1918

22 June

Rejoined the Company

1918

8 August

100 Days Offensive

Allied Attacks

1918

4 September

Transferred

NZ Divisional Ammunition Column

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 94/0099806, Military Personnel File: John ROSEINGRAVE - 55627.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: John ROSEINGRAVE.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume III, Roll N°75, p. 49.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “John ROSEINGRAVE (55627)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 22 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=739