Name, month/year of birth of Dec 1906, date of death 28 Feb 1938, accidentially drowned at aged 27 from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree and added here in September 2005.

[Brian of nzolivers notes that the above dates do not work for death at age 27]?

Photo od headstone found in February 2009 reads that Kenneth “Accidentially drowned 28th feb 1938, Aged 27 Years”.

Registration year, country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2020:
1906/6262. Bedford, Kenneth Herbert. Mother: Mabel Phillipa. Father: Herbert John

Full date of birth of 29 December 1905 from further searching in January 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Different year of death “1934”, country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2020:
1934/20355. Bedford, Kenneth Herbert, died age 27Y

Full date of death of 28 February 1934 from further searching in January 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

This 1934 date is supported by the Funeral Notice foundin PapersPast in February 2025 from the Taranaki Daily News of 2 March 1934:
FUNERAL NOTICE
Friends please note that the Funeral of the late Kenneth Herbert Bedford will leave St. Mary’s Church after the service To-day (Friday), March 2, for Te Henui Cemetery. The service will be held at 1.30 p.m.
BOON BROS. LTD.,
Funeral Directors

Therefore, Brian of nzolivers believes date of death is in fact “28 February 1934”.