World War ITimeline

1915

1915
22 October

Posted at the age of 37

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
22 May

Admitted to hospital with right arm and leg contusions after being thrown out of a motor car

1916
2 June

Granted sick leave to the United Kingdom

1916
27 June

Readmitted to hospital

1916
5 September

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1916
9 November

Admitted to hospital

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

1917

1917
22 January

Embarked for France from NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London

1917
1 February

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

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
5 May

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

1917
5 June

Admitted to hospital with gastritis

1917
15 June

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917
24 June

Transferred

No.1 NZ Field Ambulance

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Colin Huntley Gordon“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/319/wwi-timeline