| Full Name |
| Jack Arthur Charles Gabolinsky |
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| Occupation before Enlistment |
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| Next of Kin |
| Mrs H. Gabolinsky (mother), Kohukohu, Northland, New Zealand |
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| Enlistment Address |
| c/o Cashmore Bros., Putaruru, Waikato, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation |
| Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) |
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| Embarkation Unit |
| Headquarters 18 Infantry Battalion (Auckland) |
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| Wounds and Diseases |
- Wounded 26 March 1943 after assuming command of 16 Platoon after its commander, 2nd Lt. WP Cater, was killed in action.
- Wounded again, details unknown.
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| Place of Death |
| Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
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| Biographical Notes |
| Gabolinsky was murdered in his bed, along with his wife and infant son, by William Giovanni Silveo Fiori on 18 December 1951. Fiori reportedly was after the 1,163 pound payroll cheque Gabolinsky had withdrawn from the bank in order to pay his workers at the Minginui mill in the Ureweras the following day. By the time Fiori was caught 24 hours later, he had already spent most of the money. Fiori was hanged for the murder on 13 March 1952, becoming the first person to be hanged in New Zealand since the election of the Labour Government in 1935. |
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| Sources Used |
| Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940) |
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