World War ITimeline

1915

25 October

Enlisted at the age of 29

Main Body

Trained

Avondale, Auckland

1915

27 November

Promoted Lance Corporal

1915

18 December

Transfer to England

Steamship Ruapehu

1916

27 January

Reverted to Sapper at own request

1916

3 February

Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth

1916

9 March

Embarked for France

1916

16 March

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

1916

26 May

Admitted to hospital with boils

1916

7 June

Rejoined the Company

1916

16 November

The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle

1916

21 November

Granted leave

1916

4 December

Rejoined the Company

1917

4 April

Detached to Mine School

1917

9 April

British Offensive

Battle of Arras

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

1917

11 April

Rejoined the Company

1917

5 May

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

1917

2 June

Detached to Mine School

1917

8 June

Rejoined the Company

1917

14 July

Detached to Mine School

1917

19 July

Rejoined the Company

1917

5 December

Granted leave

1917

21 December

Rejoined the Company

1918

1 January

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

1918

19 January

Admitted to hospital with tonsillitis

1918

25 January

Rejoined the Company

1918

21 March

German Attacks

Spring Offensive

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

1918

1 April

Admitted to hospital with Inflammation of the Connective Tissue of the buttock

1918

21 April

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

3 May

Admitted to hospital with boils

1918

10 July

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

8 August

Allied Attacks

Hundred Days Offensive

1918

20 August

Detached to NZ Base Depot, Rouen

1918

27 September

The Company experienced its newly reconversion in bridge construction

1918

15 October

Marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples

1918

24 October

Rejoined the Company

1918

11 November

Cessation of Hostilities

Armistice

The Company continued to build bridges to reconnect a fragmented territory

1918

21 November

Granted leave to the United Kingdom

1918

6 December

Admitted to hospital with influenza

1919

15 February

Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

1919

17 February

Marched in to NZ Depot, Codford

1919

14 March

Transfer to New Zealand

Troopship Ionic

1919

22 May

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of George Philip Poppleton“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/692/wwi-timeline