Enlisted at the age of 20
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
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
Granted leave to the United Kingdom
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
Embarked for France
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 Base Depot, Etaples
Rejoined the Company
Detached to Mine School
Rejoined the Company
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Admitted to hospital with dyspepsia
Rejoined the Company
Granted leave
Rejoined the Company
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from tattoo roll call
Forfeited 7 days pay for taking liquor away from an estaminet to the front
Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin
Rejoined the Company
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveForfeited 7 days pay for absence without leave and not being in possession of a pass
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Admitted to hospital with crushed hand
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Granted leave
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
Awarded 4 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay for overstaying leave
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship Port MelbourneEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Frank Eric McAneny“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
