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World War ITimeline

1915

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

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
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
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

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