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Percy Ford Beets

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BEETS - In loving memory of PERCY FORD, a loving husband, father and grand-dad, died 8 August 1984 aged 67 years. MARGARET ELEANOR, a loving wife, mother, grandmother & great grandmother. Died 25.7.2002 aged 79 years. 2nd NZEF, 45030 L/Cpl P F BEETS, NZ Infantry, died 8 August 1984 aged 67 years He is buried in the Taruheru Cemetery Blk 38 Plot 106

Percy Ford BEETS

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About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy Ford AWMM
  • Surname
    Beets AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 45030 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1916 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of William Henry & Bernice Louisa BEETS of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM 43 Cook St., Gisborne AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 43 Cook St., Gisborne AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. W.H. Beets, 43 Cook St., Gisborne (f) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. B.L. Beets, 4 Andrew St., Gisborne (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • Pre 1942 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • 1955 Percy Ford BEETS married Margaret Eleanor CHURCH Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 March 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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    Army AWMM
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    WWII 45030 AWMM
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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.27 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.28 AWMM

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02 March 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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