Enlisted at the age of 29
Main BodyTrained
Avondale, AucklandPromoted Lance Corporal
Transfer to England
Steamship RuapehuReverted to Sapper at own request
Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
Embarked for France
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
Admitted to hospital with boils
Rejoined the Company
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
Rejoined the Company
Detached to Mine School
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
Rejoined the Company
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Detached to Mine School
Rejoined the Company
Detached to Mine School
Rejoined the Company
Granted leave
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 tonsillitis
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
Admitted to hospital with Inflammation of the Connective Tissue of the buttock
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Admitted to hospital with boils
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveDetached to NZ Base Depot, Rouen
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Rejoined the Company
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Granted leave to the United Kingdom
Admitted to hospital with influenza
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship IonicEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of George Philip Poppleton“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
