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World War ITimeline

1915

1915
25 September

Enlisted at the age of 37

Main Body
1915
11 October

Trained

Avondale, Auckland
1915
27 November

Promoted Lance Corporal

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
14 September
Killed in action (Chantecler, Arras)Killed during a raid led by the Cheshire Regiment

Buried

Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras

Grave reference

No grave - Bay 10

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Claude Searle Pownceby“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/698/wwi-timeline

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