World War ITimeline

1917

9 February

Enlisted at the age of 21

7th Reinforcements

1917

11 October

Trained

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

21 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 96 Maunganui

1918

1 January

Overview of the sawmill built and operated by the New Zealand Tunnellers, located alongside a railway line, with stacks of timber and workers visible.

The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras

1918

8 January

Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

1918

12 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1918

6 March

Embarked for France

1918

8 March

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

17 March

Joined the Company

1918

21 March

German Attacks

Spring Offensive

Two soldiers standing outside the entrance of a shaft in a desolate area of the front line, surrounded by barren ground and war-damaged terrain.

The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire

1918

15 May

Admitted to hospital with Inflammation of the Connective Tissue of the left thigh

1918

12 June

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

25 June

Detached to No.4 Veterinary Hospital

1918

8 August

Allied Attacks

Hundred Days Offensive

1918

27 September

Officers of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company posing in front of a newly completed military bridge built by their men during World War I.

The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction

1918

11 November

Cessation of Hostilities

Armistice

Military bridge built by the New Zealand Tunnellers spanning a river in the town of Cambrai; surrounding houses are a mix of intact structures and war-damaged ruins.

The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory

1918

13 December

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1919

10 March

Transfer to New Zealand

Troopship Bhamo

1919

23 May

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of William Thomas Cox“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/167/wwi-timeline