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
Detached to Mine School
Rejoined the Company
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia
Rejoined the Company
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
Detached to Mine School
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
Rejoined the Company
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Appointed temporary 2nd Corporal
Awarded 3 years penal servitude and reverted to Sapper for drunkenness, offering violence, absence without leave and entering in a cellar in search of plunder
Sentence suspended by General Officer Commanding IIIrd Army
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Detached to 31st Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Rejoined the Company
Granted leave
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
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days Offensive
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford, after leave
3 years penal servitude remitted by General Officer Commanding IInd Corps
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship HororataEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Henry Cornwell“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
