The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameDoris Ivy Gray
Birth6 May 1914, New Zealand
Death27 May 2001, New Zealand
OccupationNurse in WWII
FatherErnest Henry Gray (1892-1959)
MotherFrances Maud Andrews (1890-1958)
Misc. Notes
Name from Richard Leigh Andrews. Richard is the great-grandson of Francis Oliver b.1840 through his daughter Alice Bertha Oliver.

Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2020:
1914/4522. Gray, Doris Ivy. Mother: Frances Maud. Father: Ernest Henry

Year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2020:
Full date of birth of 6 May 1914 from further searching in June 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Married name, year and country of death, date of birth confirmed, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2020:
2001/11422. Caverhill, Doris Ivy. Date of birth: 6 May 1914

Full date of death of 27 May 2001 from further searching in June 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Military Record found in June 2020:
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C118387
Doris Ivy Gray
SERVICE NUMBER: 72717
ALSO KNOWN AS: Caverhill
ARMED FORCE / BRANCH: Army
WAR: World War II, 1939-1945
GENDER: Female
NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION: E.H. Gray (father), Inglewood, New Zealand
ENLISTMENT: WW2 Nurse, New Plymouth, Taranaki

Simon Perry, in an email dated 23 November 2021 writes, “Doris Ivy Grey and Andrew Caverhill were married in Italy in 1945 during the war”. Simon is the great-grandson of Ernest Henry GRAY and Frances Maud ANDREWS.
Spouses
Birth28 Oct 1917, New Zealand
Death4 Apr 1964, New Zealand
BurialOkato Cemetery, Taranaki, New Zealand
FatherWilliam Robert Caverhill (1889-1962)
MotherNoelle Victoria Buchanan (ca1881-1971)
Marriage1945, Italy
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