Timeline
1917
30 March
Enlistment
Auckland Military District
Initial training
Narrow Neck, Auckland
1917
31 March
Promoted Lance Corporal
1917
10 April
Appointed temporary Corporal
1917
26 April
Transfer to England
HMNZT 84 - Turakina
1917
20 July
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
Relinquished appointment of temporary Corporal
1917
28 July
Admitted to hospital with measles
1917
6 August
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
1917
13 October
Embarked for France
1917
15 October
Reverted to Sapper
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
13 June
Admonished for being out of billets without a pass
1918
15 July
Sick with influenza
1918
18 July
Returned to duty
1918
8 August
100 Days Offensive
Allied Attacks
1918
25 September
Granted leave to United Kingdom
1918
27 September
From the Front
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
1918
11 October
Rejoined the Company
1918
19 October
Detached to Controller of Mines
1918
11 November
Armistice
Cessation of Hostilities
From the Front
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
1918
14 November
Rejoined the Company
1918
4 December
Forfeited 7 days pay for failing to move from his billet after being warned
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
22 May
Final discharge
End of Service
Decoration
British War Medal
Victory Medal