Enlisted at the age of 33
Main BodyTrained
Avondale, AucklandTransfer to England
Steamship RuapehuMarched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
Embarked for France
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
Granted leave to France
Rejoined the Company
Granted leave to France
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
Rejoined the Company
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Granted leave to France
Rejoined the Company
Gassed
Admitted to hospital
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
Embarked for France
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Rejoined the Company
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Granted leave to Paris
Rejoined the Company
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveDetached to Royal Engineers School, Rouen
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Rejoined the Company
Granted leave to the United Kingdom
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Rejoined the Company
Embarked for England
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship ArawaEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Lachlan Bain Campbell“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
