Enlisted at the age of 33
3rd ReinforcementsTrained
Narrow Neck, AucklandPromoted Sergeant
Transfer to England
HMNZT 69 Tahiti
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
Admitted to hospital at sea with gastritis
Returned to duty
Admitted to hospital at sea with lumbago
Returned to duty
Admitted to hospital at sea with lumbago
Returned to duty
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
Reverted to Lance Corporal
Admitted to hospital with myalgia
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
Granted leave to the United Kingdom
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Embarked for France
Reverted to Sapper
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Joined the Company
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Promoted Lance Corporal
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Admitted to hospital with hyperesthesia
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital with neurasthenia
Diagnosed with tubercle of spine
Placed on seriously ill list
Classified unfit for active service
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveRemoved from seriously ill list
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Transfer to New Zealand
Hospital Ship MaramaEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Henry Fuller Forscutt“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
