Timeline
1915
6 October
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
1915
11 October
Initial training
Avondale, Auckland
1915
18 December
Transfer to England
S.S. Ruapehu
1916
3 February
Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
1916
9 March
Embarked for France
1916
16 March
From the Front
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
1916
16 July
Awarded 7 days Field Punishment No.1 and forfeited 4 days pay for absence from duty
1916
16 November
From the Front
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
1917
16 January
Admitted to hospital with dermatitis
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
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
7 July
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
1917
20 September
Forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave
1917
9 October
Classified unfit for active service
1917
29 October
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
1917
27 November
Awarded 10 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 3 days pay for absence without leave, resisting his arrest, refusing to obey and using obscene language
From the Front
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
1918
10 January
Transfer to New Zealand
R.M.S. Arawa
1918
27 July
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal