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Eric Briggs GABITES

Regimental number622
Place of birthTimaru, New Zealand
SchoolTimaru Main and Timaru Boys' High School, New Zealand
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 6"
Weight116 lbs
Next of kinMrs Margaret Gabites, North Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Previous military serviceServed for 3.6 years in the Timaru City Rifles and New Zealand Territorial Force; left the district.
Enlistment date31 August 1914
Place of enlistmentTownsville, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 S.S. Omrah on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 June 1915
Age at death24
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No 22), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
56
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 8/381 Ernest Mitchell GABITES, Otago Infantry Regiment, NZEF; 6/3215 Harold Sherbrooke GABITES; 2/1778 Vernon Edward GABITES, New Zealand Field Artillery, NZEF
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli Campaign, 2 March 1915.

Reported missing, Gaba Tepe, 28 June 1915.

Court of Inquiry, held in the field, France, 5 June 1916, declared fate to be 'Killed in action, 28 June 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as GABITIES.
SourcesNAA: B2455, GABITES Eric Briggs

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