Timeline of Evan William Jones - New Zealand Tunnellers

1916

24 April

Enlisted at the age of 28

2nd Reinforcements

1916

4 May

Trained

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1916

26 June

Transfer to England

HMNZT 56 Maunganui

1916

24 August

Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

1916

11 September

Awarded 1 day confinement to barracks for absence without leave

1916

22 September

Embarked for France

1916

23 September

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1916

3 November

Joined the Company

1916

16 November

Two New Zealand Tunnellers working underground during World War I; one man shovels rubble while the other digs into the chalk tunnel wall.

The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle

1917

9 April

British Offensive

Battle of Arras

Soldiers marching along a road carrying shovels, heading toward a section of the road that requires repair during World War I.

The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle

1917

23 April

Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the left wrist

1917

5 May

A group of New Zealand Tunnellers posing inside their billet in an underground quarry near the front line; four of them are playing cards while others look on.

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

1917

9 May

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital

1917

9 June

Classified unfit for active service

1917

29 June

Granted sick leave

1917

5 July

Readmitted to hospital

1917

14 July

Transfer to New Zealand

Hospital Ship Maheno

1917

2 October

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Evan William Jones “, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, 2025 (2009), Accessed: 8 November 2025. URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/426/wwi-timeline

World War ITimeline

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