World War ITimeline

1915

6 October

Enlisted at the age of 26

1st Reinforcements

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

9 March

Embarked for France

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

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

12 March

Killed in action (Arras)Killed by a shrapnel bullet in the Orderly Room of the forward billets

Buried

Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras

Grave reference

II F 19

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of John William Wright“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/931/wwi-timeline