Profile

GABY, Francis William
(Service number 62962)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	01/05/1898	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs M. A. GABY (mother), Temuka
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	30th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	13 October 1917
Transport	Corinthic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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

Foreman

Death

Date	11 June 1957	Age	60 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated Waikumete; ashes scattered
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Francis William Gaby was the son of Francis and Mary Ann (née Smith) Gaby. He returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919. Francis married Annie Jane Moses in 1922.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) 17 March 2018]; Waikumete Cremation record records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [18 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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