World War ITimeline

1915

1915
27 August

Enlisted at the age of 40

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
6 September

Granted leave

1916
15 September

Rejoined the Company

1916
12 November

Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin

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

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital

1916
29 December

Diagnosed with nephritis

1917

1917
13 February

Classified unfit for active on account of renal calculi

1917
21 February

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

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
5 May

Admitted to hospital with renal calculi

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

1917
26 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay

1917
21 July

Transfer to New Zealand

Troopship Arawa
1917
25 September

Admitted as outpatient to hospital

1917
7 December

Discharged from hospital

1917
24 December

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Charles William Pink“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/684/wwi-timeline