Name, date and place of birth and death, from research file10 in June 2017.

Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2024:
1920/25218. Heaps, Joan Doreen. Mother: Aileen Marion. Father: Walter Henry Sutcliffe

Full date of birth of 6 September 1920 confirmed from further searching in January 2024 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Married surname of “Black”, year and country of death, date of birth confirmed, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2024:
2006/4722. Black, Joan Doreen. Date of birth: 6 September 1920

Full date of death of 22 February 2006 confirmed from further searching in January 2024 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 2024.

Place and date of burial, occupation, from Find a Grave website found in July 2025:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141936300/joan_doreen-black
Name: Joan Doreen Black
Birth: 6 Sep 1920
Death: 22 Feb 2006 (aged 85)
Canterbury, New Zealand
Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Linwood, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand
Plot: Block A. Plot 508, Ashes
Gravesite Details
Surname: Black, First name(s): Joan Doreen, Date of death: Wednesday, 22 February 2006, Cemetery: Linwood, Date of burial: Tuesday, 28 February 2006, Age: 85 years, Occupation: Retired Maternity Sister, Years in New Zealand: Life.

Married as at 1957, New Zealand Electoral Roll - Lyttelton Main Roll 1957, found in July 2025:
Black, Joan Doreen, Gebbies Pass, No. 2 R.D., married
Black, Alexander William, Gebbies Pass, No. 2 R.D., radio technician

Husband Alexander William Black divorced from his first wife in 1952. Therefore married circa 1955.