Enlisted at the age of 22
1st ReinforcementsTrained
Avondale, AucklandTransfer to England
Steamship RuapehuMarched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
Stationed at Falmouth
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch
Awarded 10 days detention and forfeited 10 days pay for creating a disturbance in a public thoroughfare
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
Awarded 28 days detention and forfeited 4 days pay by Royal Warrant for conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline and 8 other charges, and also to pay 7/6 for barrack damages
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
Awarded 28 days detention for possessing cigarettes and breaking out of custody, and also to pay 4/6 for governmental property damages
Detached under escort to Assistant Provost Marshall, London
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship WillochraReturned to New Zealand as “Incorrigible”
End of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of William Frederick Leahy“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
