Name, estimated year of birth, date of death, of 21 August 1981, aged 63 years, place of burial, from billiongraves.com website for Greytown Cemetery.

Name of wife, Vera Gates, her date of death and age place of burial, from billiongraves.com website for Greytown Cemetery.

William Francis Gates appears in the New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940-1945, 1940 October, ex Ancestry.com:
“266867 Gates, William Francis, Farm Hand, care of E. L. Gates, Greytown”.

From the 1946 Wairarapa Electoral Roll:
Gates, William Francis, Greytown, farm hand
Gates, Vera, Fabians Road, Greytown, married

From the 1949 Wairarapa Electoral Roll:
Gates, William Francis, Greytown, farm hand
Gates, Vera, Fabians Road, Greytown, married

Name of three children from billiongraves.com website for Greytown Cemetery:
- John
- Heather
- Dianne

This headstone for William and Vera is placed immediately in front of their son, ‘John Gates’ (formally named: William John Gates) whose death unfortunately preceded his parents.

Brian of nzolivers.com has confirmed ‘William Francis Gates’ is the son of Ernest Lewes Gates from William’s official full New Zealand Birth Certificate.

Full date of birth of 10 December 1917, place of birth of ‘Greytown’ from William’s official full New Zealand Birth Certificate.

Year of marriage of “1943”, occupation, place of death, date of burial from William’s official full New Zealand Death Certificate. Cause of death Cerebral Haemorrhage - minutes; Arteriosclerosis - years.

No record of marriage could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at May 2021.

Result from marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2023:

Different year of marriage, country of marriage, from search on New Zealand BDM website in August 2023:
1944/10162. Bride: Vera Thompson. Groom: William Francis Gates

Full date of marriage of 1 July 1944 from further searching in August 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.