World War ITimeline

1915

1915
3 November

Enlisted at the age of 36

1st Reinforcements

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

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

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

1917

1917
5 January

Detached to Mine School

1917
11 January

Rejoined the Company

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
5 May

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

1917
13 May

Admitted to hospital with bronchial catarrh while on leave to the United Kingdom

1917
30 May

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

1917
21 July

Granted leave to the United Kingdom

1917
6 August

Marched in to NZ Depot, Christchurch

1917
15 August

Transfer to New Zealand

Troopship Tofua

1918

1918
2 January

End of Service

Demobilization

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of George James Windsor“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/923/wwi-timeline