Gordon was born in 1917; registered at Wellington, New Zealand.
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He was adopted by Joseph Herman Heine and wife Alma. His adoptive father passed away in 1925; and in 1930 his mother remarried to Whittaker . The adopted children took the Whittaker surname.
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↑ 1.01.1 NZ BDM Death search: 1996/34738 Whittaker Gordon Victor 31 August 1917
↑ New Zealand Birth Index (microfiche). For 1917 Q4 Folio 6398 there are three entries born at Wellington: Gordon Victor Campbell, Gordon Victor Heine, and Gordon Victor Whitataker(sic).
↑ NZ BDM Birth search: 1923/25638 Whittaker Gordon Victor || Alma Annie Ethel ||Herman Joseph. Note - record updated after legal adoption; birth date 1917. The adoption is confirmed by Joseph Heine's probate file.
↑ NZ BDM Marriage search: 1940/3583 Thelma Goodacre || Gordon Victor Whittaker
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