| Regimental number | 8/1988 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Oamaru |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | c/o Butterworth Bros, Dunedin |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 26 |
| Height | 5' 9" |
| Weight | 150 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, R Gabites, Broad Bay, Dunedin |
| Previous military service | Served in Officer Training Corps, Canterbury College; unit disbanded. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Trentham |
| Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 24 Maunganui on |
| Final rank | Lieutenant |
| Final unit | 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Buttes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Mary Emma Gabites, 20 Kipling Avenue, Epsom, Auckland. Native of Oamaru, Otago |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Joined Bn at Anzac, Gallipoli, 9 August 1915, and posted to 8th Company, and reverted to the ranks. Promoted Sergeant, 12 August 1915. Admitted to 6th Casualty Clearing Station, 12 August 1915 (dysentery); transferred by HS 'Neuralia' to Egypt, 12 August 1915, and admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 16 August 1915; rejoined unit, Rest Camp, Lemnos, 16 September 1915. Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 6 October 1915 (enteritis); discharged to duty, and rejoined unit, Lemnos, 27 October 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Embarked Egypt for France, 6 April 1916. Promoted 2nd Lieutenant, in the field, 26 August 1916. Posted to 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, 31 August 1916. On leave to United Kingdom, 9-24 October 1916. Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 17 March 1917 (sore penis), and transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to North Midlands Casualty Clearing Station, 17 March 1917 (penile sore, primary); discharged to duty, 26 March 1917. Promoted Lieutenant, 15 March 1917. Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 26 June 1917 (debilty), and transferred to Officer's Rest Home; rejoined Bn, in the field, 30 June 1917. Detached to Corps School, 4 August 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 25 August 1917. On leave to United Kingdom, 8 September 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 21 September 1917. Attached to Reinforcements Camp, 30 September 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 27 October 1917. Appointed to temporarily command 14th Company, 4 November 1917; relinquished temporary command, 10 November 1917. Seconded for duty to 2nd NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, 20 November 1917. Killed in action, 3 December 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fifth |
| Sources | Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16784518 |