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SIGMN Gordon Basil A'Court

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SIGMN Gordon Basil A'Court Veteran

Birth
Death
10 Jan 1967
Burial
Burnside, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand GPS-Latitude: -43.5003103, Longitude: 172.5773358
Plot
Block AN32. Plot 36
Memorial ID
View Source
SERVICE NUMBER Jayforce 661791
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH Army
WAR Jayforce, 1945-1948

J Force (sometimes referred to as "Jayforce") was the name given to the New Zealand forces that were allocated to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) which occupied Japan following the end of the Second World War. The force was deployed between 1946 and 1948, after which it was disbanded and its personnel repatriated to New Zealand.

Source: Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
SERVICE NUMBER Jayforce 661791
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH Army
WAR Jayforce, 1945-1948

J Force (sometimes referred to as "Jayforce") was the name given to the New Zealand forces that were allocated to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) which occupied Japan following the end of the Second World War. The force was deployed between 1946 and 1948, after which it was disbanded and its personnel repatriated to New Zealand.

Source: Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph

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