Enlisted at the age of 39
7th ReinforcementsForfeited 4 days pay by Royal Warrant for overstaying leave
Awarded 14 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 8 days pay by Royal Warrant for overstaying leave
Awarded 72 hours detention and forfeited 5 days pay by Royal Warrant for breaking out of camp
Trained
Narrow Neck, AucklandAwarded 7 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for drunkenness and absence without leave
Transfer to England
HMNZT 96 MaunganuiAdmitted to hospital at sea with syphilis
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Admitted to hospital in England
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 Depot, Boscombe
Awarded 28 days detention and forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave when ordered to embark
Embarked for France
Joined the Company
Admitted to hospital with influenza
Rejoined the Company
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveAdmitted to hospital with debility
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Admitted to hospital with influenza
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Embarked for England
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
Admitted to hospital with venereal disease
Forfeited 4 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
Awarded 28 days detention and forfeited 28 days pay for receiving stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship PaparoaEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of William Laird Whitby“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
