Name of “Francis St John Billing” from hand-drawn ‘Billing’ tree in Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) collection.

Name of “Francis John Billing”, year and country of birth, from search on New Zealand BDM website in November 2018:
1916/25139. Billing, Francis John. Mother: Clara Eleanor. Father: Thomas Leonard

Full date of birth of 30 October 1916 from further searching in November 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Year and country of death, date of birth confirmed, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in November 2018:
2000/10943. Billing, Francis St John. Date of Birth: 30 October 1916
[Brian of naolivers notes name of “Francis St John Billing” in death record]

Full date of death of 24 May 2000 from further searching in November 2018 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

No record of marriage could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at January 2019.

Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in February 2019:
1939/5453. Bride: Katherine Veronica Dravitzski. Groom: Francis St John Billing

Full date of marriage of 31 January 1939 from further searching in February 2019 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Burial information, Opunake Burial New Lawn 1 plot 2754 from South Taranaki Cemetery search in February 2019.