Enlisted at the age of 34
Main BodyTrained
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
Awarded 7 days Field Punishment No.2 and forfeited 3 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave
Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch
Awarded 168 hours detention and forfeited 9 days pay for breaking out of camp, absence without leave and breaking into camp
Embarked for France
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Admitted to hospital with influenza
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Detached to Segregation Camp, Etaples
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Detached to No.2 ANZAC Headquarters, Armentières
Classified unfit for service in the field
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
Admitted to hospital with influenza
Marched in to No.2 ANZAC Headquarters, Armentières
Reclassified fit for service in the field
Marched in to Base Depot, Etaples
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
Rejoined the NZ Engineers Tunnelling Company
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Admitted to hospital with gas poisoning
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
Granted leave to the United Kingdom
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Detached to Cookery School
Admitted to hospital with scabies
Rejoined Cookery School
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
Appointed Cook
Relinquished appointment of Cook
Appointed temporary Lance Corporal
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveAdmitted to hospital with bronchitis
Relinquished appointment of temporary Lance Corporal
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Granted leave to the United Kingdom
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
Classified unfit for active service
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship AyrshireCessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
End of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of William Henry Norgate“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
