Enlisted at the age of 30
Main BodyTrained
Avondale, AucklandTransfer to England
Steamship RuapehuMarched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
Embarked for France
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
Granted leave
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
Rejoined the Company
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Awarded 20 days Field Punishment No.2 and forfeited 20 days pay for drunkenness
Rejoined the Company
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Detached on command to NZ Base Depot, Rouen
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Admitted to hospital with pre-patellar bursitis
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Rejoined the Company
Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from tattoo
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveGranted leave to the United Kingdom
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship HororataEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Robert James Tippett“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
