1916

1916
4 October

Enlisted

3rd Reinforcements

Trained

Narrow Neck, Auckland
1916
15 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 69 Tahiti
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
20 November

Admitted to hospital at sea for vaccination

1916
2 December

Returned to duty

1917

1917
29 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1917
2 March

Embarked for France

1917
4 March

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917
13 March

Admitted to hospital with bronchitis

1917
22 March

Embarked for England

1917
24 March

Admitted to hospital with asthma

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
2 May

Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London

1917
4 May

Classified unfit for active service

1917
5 May

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

1917
21 July

Transfer to New Zealand

Troopship Arawa
1917
23 October

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of William Edward Francis Gerard“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/307/wwi-timeline