World War ITimeline

1915

1915
15 December

Posted at the age of 33

Main Body

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
27 June

Admitted to hospital with a fractured fibula

1916
1 July

Embarked for England

1916
2 July

Admitted to hospital

1916
15 July

Granted leave to the United Kingdom

1916
19 August

Rejoined the Company

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

1916
22 November

Granted leave

1916
2 December

Rejoined the Company

1917

1917
11 January

Appointed as a General Staff Officer at the Divisional Headquarters of the NZ Expeditionary Force, France

1917
15 February

Transferred

VIth Army Corps Headquarters, France

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of John Evelyn Duigan“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/225/wwi-timeline