Enlisted at the age of 38
1st ReinforcementsTrained
Avondale, AucklandTransfer to England
Steamship RuapehuMarched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
Embarked for France
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
Granted leave
Rejoined the Company
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 with a gunshot wound to the right forearm
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
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
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Awarded 14 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for breaking out of camp after tattoo roll call, absence without leave and breaking into camp
Embarked for France
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Detached to XXIInd Corps Reinforcement Camp, Abeele
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Granted leave to the United Kingdom
Transferred to 3rd NZ Entrenching Battalion
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensivePromoted Corporal
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Appointed temporary Sergeant
Marched in to NZ Reception Camp
Transferred to New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Discharged
Embarked for England
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship HororataEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Robert Denwood Hutchinson“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
