Timeline
1917
2 April
Posted to Tunnelling Corps
From NZ Infantry
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
20 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
26 July
Admitted to hospital with measles
1917
4 August
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
13 October
Embarked for France
1917
15 October
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1917
22 October
Joined the Company
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near 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
1918
4 October
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
26 October
Rejoined the Company
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1919
3 January
Granted leave to United Kingdom
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1919
1 February
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
1919
2 February
Admitted to hospital with pneumonia
1919
12 March
Granted leave
1919
27 March
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
1919
5 April
Transfer to New Zealand
S.S. Remutaka
1919
27 June
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal