World War ITimeline

1915

1915
11 October

Enlisted at the age of 39

Main Body

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
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 June

Rejoined the Company from leave

1916
26 October

Admitted to hospital with Inflammation of the Connective Tissue of the right thigh

1916
2 November

Embarked for England

1916
3 November

Admitted to hospital

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

1916
18 November

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1917

1917
8 February

Classified unfit for service in the field on account of overage

1917
20 February

Forfeited 8 days pay and 8 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

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
26 April

Embarked for New Zealand

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
3 August

Reported for duty, Trentham

1917
24 August

Transferred

Headquarters Musketry

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Edwin Keig“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/438/wwi-timeline