World War ITimeline

1917

19 January

Posted at the age of 44

4th Reinforcements

Trained

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

11 February

Promoted to Company Sergeant Major

1917

16 February

Transfer to England

HMNZT 76 Aparima

1917

15 March

Admitted to hospital at sea

1917

16 March

Returned to duty

1917

9 April

British Offensive

Battle of Arras

Soldiers marching along a road carrying shovels, heading toward a section of the road that requires repair during World War I.

The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle

1917

2 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

Reverted to temporary Sergeant

1917

5 May

A group of New Zealand Tunnellers posing inside their billet in an underground quarry near the front line; four of them are playing cards while others look on.

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

1917

17 May

Transferred

NZ Engineers

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Claude Philip Guyon Purchas“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/705/wwi-timeline