Enlisted at the age of 26
3rd ReinforcementsTrained
Narrow Neck, AucklandTransfer 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
Awarded 10 days detention
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
Admitted to hospital with bronchitis
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
Awarded 7 days detention for slovenly conduct, drunkenness and using obscene language
Awarded 28 days detention for not saluting an officer and disobeying an order
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
Awarded 14 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay for breaking out of camp, absence without leave and breaking into camp
Embarked for France
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Joined the Company
Admitted to hospital with tuberculosis
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
Admitted to hospital with corneal rupture
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
Admitted to hospital with jaundice
Transfer to New Zealand
Hospital Ship MaramaAllied Attacks
Hundred Days Offensive
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
End of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of George Bartlett“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
