World War ITimeline

1916

11 October

Posted at the age of 20

3rd Reinforcements

Trained

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1916

15 November

Transfer to England

HMNZT 69 Tahiti

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

8 December

Awarded 2 days confinement to barracks

1917

29 January

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

1917

17 February

Admitted to hospital with myalgia

1917

3 April

Marched in to NZ Depot, Boscombe

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

13 April

Forfeited 2 days pay by Royal Warrant for absence without leave

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

8 May

Forfeited 1 day pay for absence from tattoo

1917

20 June

Embarked for France

1917

23 June

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1917

5 July

Joined the Company

1917

6 September

Admitted to hospital with pyrexia of unknown origin

1917

11 October

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

1 January

Overview of the sawmill built and operated by the New Zealand Tunnellers, located alongside a railway line, with stacks of timber and workers visible.

The Company was still carrying out the digging of underground premises and defences on the Front near Arras

1918

21 March

German Attacks

Spring Offensive

Two soldiers standing outside the entrance of a shaft in a desolate area of the front line, surrounded by barren ground and war-damaged terrain.

The Company was engaged in the defence of Arras by digging new trenches and dug-outs under constant enemy shellfire

1918

12 May

Marched in to XXIIth Corps Reinforcement Camp, Abeele

1918

25 May

Transferred

3rd NZ Entrenching Battalion

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of Jack Mounter“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/610/wwi-timeline