1915

1915
15 June

Enlisted at the age of 24

1st Reinforcements
1915
11 October

Trained

Avondale, Auckland
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
27 April

Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin

1916
3 May

Diagnosed with bronchitis

1916
12 May

Embarked for England

Admitted to hospital

1916
16 November

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

1917

1917
3 February

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1917
6 February

Transferred

No.5 NZ Light Railway Operating Section

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Charles Benjamin Tarrant“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/821/wwi-timeline