Name, year of birth (calculates to 1919), date of death, place of burial, from billiongraves.com website for Greytown Cemetery in June 2017.

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

Surname, year of marriage, from her husband’s (William Francis Gates) official full New Zealand Death Certificate. (Year of birth here calculates to 1920).

Year and country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in April 2021:
1919/16252. Thompson, Vera. Mother: Ida Maude. Mother: Lawrence James

Full date of birth of 18 September 1919 from further searching in April 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Year of marriage of “1943” from husband William’s official full New Zealand Death Certificate.

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.