Forever in Our Hearts
Wesley & Deborah Bekue (nee Salam)
June 30, 1963
Belgian Gardens Cemetery · Townsville, QLD
"Wherever a beautiful soul has been, there is a trail of beautiful memories."
Life story
Deborah Marlene Bekue (nee Salam) was born on 11/02/1965 and sadly passed on 28/05/2006
Wesley John Bekue was born 30/06/1963 and sadly passed on 09/06/2016
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The world Wesley knew
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1963
Born June 30
1963
Wesley was born at Southport Hospital. He was fourth of seven children to John Alexander Bekue and Margaret Bekue (nee Thompson).
1965
Debbie was born at Cairns Base Hospital. She was second of five daughters to Bernard George Salam and Josephine Patricia Salam (nee Dewis).
1967
Wesley was 4 when Australians voted to count Aboriginal people in the national census
1973
Wesley was 10 when the Sydney Opera House opened
1989
Birth of their daughter Tanita
1989
Wesley was 26 when the Berlin Wall fell
1991
Wesley was 28 when the Soviet Union dissolved
1993
Wesley & Deborah got married at at the Townsville Magistrates Court accompanied by Erich Barkmeyer and Tanya Salam
2000
Wesley was 37 when the Summer Olympics opened in Sydney
2013
Wesley was 50 when Nelson Mandela died
2022
Wesley was 59 when ChatGPT was released to the public
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