Enlisted
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
Awarded 6 days Field Punishment No.1 for drunkenness
Forfeited 6 days pay and 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave
Detached to Mine School
Granted leave
Rejoined the Company
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
Forfeited 4 days pay for leaving duty before being relieved
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 the United Kingdom
Fined 1/- for drunkenness
Rejoined the Company
Transferred
Auckland RegimentMarched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Thomas Collins“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
