Enlisted at the age of 37
Main BodyTrained
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
Granted leave
Rejoined the Company
Forfeited 13 days pay and 1 day by Royal Warrant for being absent from parade and from billets without a pass
Forfeited 1 days pay for drunkenness and being in Arras without a pass
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
Awarded 21 days Field Punishment No.1 for 15 minutes late for fatigue party
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Detached to Rest Camp, Saint-Valery
Rejoined the Company
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
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 2 days pay for absence from tattoo
Detached to No.1 NZ Engineers Field Company
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveRejoined the Company
Promoted Lance Corporal and appointed temporary 2nd Corporal
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Granted leave to the United Kingdom
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship HororataEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Daniel Perry“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
