World War ITimeline

1915

1915
20 October

Enlisted at the age of 22

1st Reinforcements

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
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
4 April

Detached to Mine School

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
22 April

Rejoined the Company

1917
5 May

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

1917
12 June

Admitted to hospital with mumps

1917
6 July

Rejoined the Company

1917
20 October

Granted leave to Saint-Valery

1917
12 November

Admitted to hospital with tonsillitis

1917
14 November

Diagnosed with aural polyps

1917
21 December

Rejoined the Company

1918

1918
1 January

The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras

1918
3 January

Gassed

1918
4 January

Admitted to hospital with gas effects

1918
15 February

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918
24 February

Rejoined the Company

1918
8 March

Granted leave

1918
21 March

German Attacks

Spring Offensive

The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire

1918
3 April

Rejoined the Company

1918
8 August

Allied Attacks

Hundred Days Offensive
1918
27 September

The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction

1918
15 October

Detached to Rest Camp

1918
31 October

Rejoined the Company

1918
11 November

Cessation of Hostilities

Armistice

The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory

1918
27 December

Discharged

1919

1919
1 January

Embarked for England

1919
2 January

Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

1919
1 February

Transfer to New Zealand

Troopship Hororata
1919
14 April

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of James Mack“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/506/wwi-timeline