Enlisted at the age of 21
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
Awarded 4 days Field Punishment No.1 for using obscene language to a superior officer
Admitted to hospital with back contusion
Rejoined the Company
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
Granted leave
Rejoined the Company
Admitted to hospital with laryngitis
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Granted leave
Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch
Transferred to NZ Veterinary Section
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
Attached to NZ Army Service Corps Reserve Group
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
Transferred to Otago Regiment
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Transferred to NZ Engineers Tunnelling Company
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
Embarked for France
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Rejoined the NZ Engineers Tunnelling Company
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days Offensive
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Detached to NZ Mobile Veterinary Section
Embarked for England
Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
Admitted to hospital with parotid lymph
Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford
Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship RemueraEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Andrew Young“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
