World War ITimeline

1915

9 October

Enlisted at the age of 39

Main Body

1915

11 October

Trained

Avondale, Auckland

1915

18 December

Transfer to England

Steamship Ruapehu

1916

3 February

Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth

1916

2 March

Admitted to hospital with myalgia

1916

16 March

Three officers of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company seated and posing in a trench during World War I, wearing military uniforms and helmet.

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

1916

23 March

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1916

3 June

Embarked for France

1916

6 June

Rejoined the Company

1916

16 November

Two New Zealand Tunnellers working underground during World War I; one man shovels rubble while the other digs into the chalk tunnel wall.

The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle

1917

16 January

Granted leave to the United Kingdom

1917

19 January

Admitted to hospital with bronchitis

1917

8 March

Classified unfit for active service

1917

2 April

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

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

26 April

Transfer to New Zealand

Troopship Tainui

1917

3 August

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Thomas Edward Brooks“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/75/wwi-timeline