Timeline
1917
24 February
Enlistment
Canterbury Military District
1917
22 March
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
26 October
Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
5 January
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
1918
30 January
Admitted to hospital with pleurisy
1918
12 February
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
15 July
Admitted to hospital with influenza
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
2 November
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
1918
8 November
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
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 March
Forfeited 2 days pay for being absent from medical parade at sea
1919
24 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal