Enlisted at the age of 37
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
Forfeited 3 days pay for being in an estaminet during prohibited hours
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
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
Granted leave to the United Kingdom
Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
Taken into custody for overstaying leave
Detached to Assistant Provost Marshal, London
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
Marched in to NZ Expeditionary Force Headquarters, London
Awarded 14 days detention, forfeited 22 days pay by Royal Warrant and 88 days pay for absenting himself after the end of his leave from France
Rejoined the Company
Admitted to hospital with scabies
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Rejoined the Company
Admitted to hospital with Inflammation of the Connective Tissue of the legs
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Awarded 7 days Field Punishment No.1 and forfeited 7 days pay for absence from parade
Rejoined the Company
Forfeited 4 days pay for being out of billets without a pass and absence without leave
Forfeited 10 days pay for gambling
Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from tattoo
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveGranted leave to the United Kingdom
Rejoined the Company
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Discharged
Embarked for England
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
End of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Peter Treston“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
