Enlisted at the age of 37
Main BodyTrained
Avondale, AucklandForfeited 1 day pay for absence without leave
Forfeited 3 days pay for absence without leave
Transfer to England
Steamship RuapehuMarched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
Leave stopped for 14 days and 2 weekends for absence without leave, and awarded 1 day confinement to barracks for inattention on parade
Embarked for France
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
Detached to Mine School
Rejoined the Company
Granted leave
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
Admitted to hospital
Diagnosed with nephritis
Embarked for England
Admitted to hospital
Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch
Granted leave
Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe
British Offensive
Battle of Arras
The Company was employed to rebuild a major road leading to the Front during the battle
The Company moved to Monchy, ten kilometres east of Arras, to work on the fortification of the new front line
Embarked for France
Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples
Rejoined the Company
Admitted to hospital with scabies
Rejoined the Company
The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras
German Attacks
Spring Offensive
The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire
Forfeited 7 days pay and 1 day pay by Royal Warrant for absence from billets
Admitted to hospital
Rejoined the Company
Allied Attacks
Hundred Days OffensiveGranted leave to the United Kingdom
Rejoined the Company
The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction
Cessation of Hostilities
Armistice
The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory
Discharged
Embarked for England
Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford
Transfer to New Zealand
Troopship WillochraEnd of Service
DemobilizationAnthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of William John Killen“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
