World War ITimeline

1917

3 January

Enlisted at the age of 39

4th Reinforcements

1917

4 January

Trained

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1917

7 February

Forfeited 1 day pay for overstaying leave

1917

16 February

Transfer to England

HMNZT 76 Aparima

1917

9 April

British Offensive

Battle of Arras

Soldiers marching along a road carrying shovels, heading toward a section of the road that requires repair during World War I.

The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle

1917

2 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

5 May

A group of New Zealand Tunnellers posing inside their billet in an underground quarry near the front line; four of them are playing cards while others look on.

The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line

1917

14 May

Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from tattoo

1917

22 May

Admitted to hospital with injury to the thumb

1917

27 June

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917

7 July

Forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

1917

11 August

Embarked for France

1917

14 August

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

5 September

Classified unfit for service in the field

1917

19 September

Embarked for England

1917

20 September

Marched in to NZ Depot, Torquay

1917

22 September

Awarded 3 days confinement to barracks and fined 10/- for drunkenness

1917

14 November

Classified unfit for active service

1917

16 November

Transfer to New Zealand

Troopship Ruahine

1918

3 February

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Friedrich Wilheim Hoft“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/390/wwi-timeline