World War ITimeline

1915

1915
4 October

Enlisted at the age of 23

Main Body
1915
11 October

Trained

Avondale, Auckland
1915
18 December

Transfer to England

Steamship Ruapehu

1916

1916
3 February

Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth

1916
9 March

Embarked for France

1916
16 March

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

1916
28 March

Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the right hand

1916
16 November

The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle

1917

1917
9 April

British Offensive

Battle of Arras

The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle

1917
5 May

The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line

1917
1 July

Classified unfit for service in the field

1917
22 July

Embarked for England

1917
24 July

Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay

1917
15 August

Transfer to New Zealand

Troopship Tofua
1917
10 November

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of William Condell“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/148/wwi-timeline