GABITES, George Edward - SA N/N - Army Late Surgeon Captain, Seventh Contingent. N.Z.M.C.. Gabites, Lt.-Col. George Edward In 1899 he was appointed surgeon-superintendent of the Timaru Hospital, and served in the South African War with the New Zealand Contingent from 1901 to 1902, being awarded the Queen's Medal with four clasps. Dr. Gabites was camp commandant of the New Zealand Medical Corps in the training camp at Awapuni from 1917 to 1919 and served as A.D.M.S. Of the Otago military district from 1919 to 1920. For his services he was awarded the Order of Companion of the British Empire. Dr. Gabites was lieutenant-colonel of the New Zealand Medical Corps Reserve of Officers. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/Awapuni.htm