1915

1915
6 October

Enlisted at the age of 44

Main Body
1915
11 October

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
25 March

Admitted to hospital with bronchial catarrh

1916
28 March

Diagnosed with pneumonia

1916
22 May

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital

1916
31 August

Transfer to New Zealand

Hospital Ship Marama

Classified unfit for active service

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

1916
25 November

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of William Anderson Murray“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/618/wwi-timeline