

Joseph Arnaud Govan served in Japan during World War II. He also started the Te Puke Piano Accordian Band.
Joseph (Joe) Arnaud Govan was born in Auckland on 6 March 1924. He married Elizabeth Isabella MacFarlane (1928-1996) on 24 February 1948 in Te Puke and had five children. Like his elder sister Jean, Joe learnt to play the piano accordion, and started the Te Puke Piano Accordion Band. Joe served in Japan with the army towards the end of World War II. In 1984 he married Thelma Louise Alcock (née Lorrigan) (1925-2008). Joseph died, aged 71, in Tauranga, on 5 November 1995 (reg. 1995/56012). He was cremated on 8 November 1995. His death notice appeared in the Bay of Plenty Times:
GOVAN, Joseph Arnaud (J Force 624399 WWII). Passed away (peacefully) at Tauranga Hospital on 5 November 1995. Loved husband and friend of Thelma (Alcock), father and father-in-law of Christine and the late Kerry, Roger, Keith and Pat, Susan and Lew, Stephen, April and Lionel, Pauline and Phil, March and Gary, and loved grandfather of all his grandchildren. Special thanks to nurses at Ward 8. A service will be held at the Elms Chapel, Mission St. Tauranga, on Wednesday at 1.30 pm, followed by private cremation, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cancer Society. All communications to 17a Ila Place, Tauranga. Gregory Brownless Woodhill Funeral Home. (Bay of Plenty Times, 5 November 1995).
References:
The McCauley Family of Katikati, New Zealand: 1876-2012 by Debbie McCauley (Mauao Publishing, 2012).
Warren Power (nephew of Joseph Arnaud Govan)
Year: | 1995 |
First Names: | Joseph (Joe) Arnaud |
Last Name: | Govan |
Date of Birth: | 6 March 1924 |
Place of Birth: | Auckland |
Country of birth: | New Zealand |
Date of death: | 5 November 1995 |
Place of death: | Tauranga |
Spouses name: | Thelma Louise Lorrigan |
Spouses date of birth: | 1925 |
Spouses date of death: | 2008 |
Date of marriage: | 1984 |
Fathers name: | Joseph Alexander Govan |
Fathers date of birth: | 16 December 1896 |
Fathers place of birth: | Coromandel |
Fathers date of death: | 28 June 1969 |
Mothers name: | Monica (Mona) Emily Mayall |
Mothers date of birth: | 2 April 1895 |
Mothers place of birth: | Waipu, North Auckland |
Mothers date of death: | 1972 |
Name of sibilings: | Audrey (Jean) Jean Govan and Lillian (Billie) Maude Govan |
Name of the children: | Joseph Robert Govan , Christine Ann Govan , Keith Stuart Govan , Murray Donald Govan , and Mary Lynette Govan |
Military Service: | World War II |