Gordon John Porter (1925 - 1978)

Born 28 Aug 1925 in New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Ruby Joyce (Jones) Porter — married 1946 in New Zealand

Died 24 Sep 1978 at age 53 in New Zealand

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Biography

Gordon John Porter was born on 28 August 1925 in New Zealand. He was the son of Gordon Porter and Jessie Winifred Gilbert.

Around 1946, he married Ruby Joyce Jones. Their engagement was announced in the New Zealand Herald on 29 December 1945.

When he wrote his will, on 26 April 1946 , he was formerly an engineer residing at Frankton Junction (Hamilton), but now a member of His Majesty's Forces.

He was a member of Jayforce (or J-Force), the New Zealand component of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. Before enlisting, he resided at 12 Keddell Street, Frankton Junction, and his wife's address was 102 Commerce St., Frankton Junction.

In 1971, from an affidavit for his mother's probate, he was a warehouseman residing at Hamilton.

He passed away on 24 September 1978 at Hamilton, aged 53. He had been a sales manager residing at Hamilton. His wife died three months later in a traffic accident.

Sources

• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for birth reg., 1925/31926, birth of Gordon John Porter, son of Jessie Winifred and Gordon, date of birth 28 August 1925 [adjust search dates to verify.]
• New Zealand Herald, 29 December 1945, Page 4, Woman's World via Papers Past, Engagements; Porter - Jones; engagement announced between Gordon John Porter, son of Mrs S. Knox, of Frankton, and Ruby Joyce Jones, youngest daughter of Mrs F. Jones, of Frankton.
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for marriage reg., 1946/8664, marriage of Ruby Joyce Jones and Gordon John Porter.
• Auckland Museum, Online Cenotaph 114269, Gordon John Porter, service number Jayforce 646322, Army; address pre-enlistment 12 Keddell Street, Frankton Junction; next-of-kin Mrs R. J. Porter, 102 Commerce St., Frankton Junction (wife); civilian occupation Engineer.
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for death reg., 1978/37565, death of Gordon John Porter, date of birth 28 August 1925, date of death 24 September 1978 [adjust search dates to verify.]
• Archives New Zealand, Hamilton probates R16612651, Gordon John Porter, Hamilton, Sales Manager, 1978. Will dated 26 April 1946 of Gordon John Porter formerly of Frankton Junction, engineer, but now a member of His Majesty's Forces; beneficiary his wife Ruby Joyce Porter. Affidavit by his wife; Gordon John Porter, formerly of Frankton, Member of His Majesty's Forces, but late of Hamilton, sales manager; he was resident at Hamilton and died there on 24 September 1978. Probate granted on 25 October 1978.