33201 - Sapper

Sydney Charles

ROSS

3rd Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

12 January

Enlistment

Wellington Military District

1916

4 October

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1916

15 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 69 - Tahiti

1916

16 December

Awarded 72 hours detention

1916

27 December

Awarded 10 days detention

1917

1917

29 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1917

15 February

Admitted to hospital with venereal disease

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

Arras-Cambrai Road

Forfeited 4 days pay and 4 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

1917

4 May

Awarded 10 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 4 days pay for absence without leave

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

The Billets in Monchy

1917

14 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

9 June

Awarded 14 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay for breaking out of camp after tattoo roll call and absence without leave

1917

23 June

Awarded 28 days detention for disobeying and using threatening language to a superior officer

1917

18 August

Admitted to hospital with venereal disease

1917

28 November

Sentenced to 1 year Imprisonment with Hard Labour for refusing to submit to treatment for venereal disease

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

Classified unfit for active service on account of chronic venereal disease

1918

2 February

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Maunganui

1918

21 March

Admitted to hospital

1918

24 October

Final discharge

End of Service

Sources and bibliography

  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Sydney Charles ROSS.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume II, Roll N°45, p. 37.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Sydney Charles ROSS (33201)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 22 December 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=740