Enlisted at the age of 29
Main BodyTrained
Avondale, AucklandTransfer to England
Steamship RuapehuPromoted Lance Corporal
Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
Admitted to hospital
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
Severely wounded by a shell burst in one of the billets of section No.4
Admitted to hospital
Buried
Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, HabarcqGrave reference
VIII A 9Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of William James Richardson“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
