Name, date of birth, from Neville Richards, grandson of Ivy Grace Oliver.

In an email of 11 April 2011, Rodney Arthur Oliver’s son Greg (Gregory Wade Oliver), says Rodney and June live in New Plymouth In Mangorei Road.

Place of birth, and date and place of marriage from Greg Oliver in a document of the Barrett Family Tree received in an email dated 11 May 2015. Greg advises the document was prepared by Raewyn Evans of New Plymouth about the year 2000.

Date and place of death from son Greg Oliver in an email dated 13 March 2018. Greg writes, “He had not been well during the past year and was in Hospital from New Years Day. We thought he was coming home however his condition deteriorated very quickly and died of a massive aneurysm”.

Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2023:
1933/2548. Oliver, Rodney Arthur. Mother: Alice. Father: Arthur Edgar

Full date of birth of 22 February 1933 confirmed from further searching in July 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.