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GABITES, Ernest Mitchell
(Service number 8/381)

Aliases
First Rank Second Lieutenant Last Rank

Birth

Date 29/08/1890 Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date 15 Aug 1914 - 31 Dec1915 Age
Address at Enlistment 49 Forth St, Invercargill
Occupation Architect, Anscombe & Smth of Invercargill
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs Margaret Gabites (Mother), Timaru
Religion Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Otago Infantry Battalion
Date 16 October 1914
Transport Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Embarked From Port Chalmers Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egypt 1915, Balkans (Gallipoli) 1915, Mudros (Lemnos) 1915; Western Europe 1917-18
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (February 2015)

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Related Documents

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

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