Name of “Alfred Leonard Hodson” from Velma Riddell in an email dated 2 February 2021. Alfred was born out of wedlock, but after his mother’s marriage to Albert Edward McKoy, adopted the “McKoy” surname. Velma is the granddaughter of John Lewis Pepperell 1889-1935 and Emily Eva Briscoe 1885-1953.

Velma quotes birth records from the New Zealand BDM website:
1904/19747. Hodson, Alfred Leonard. Mother: Charlotte. Father: Not Recorded    

Full date of birth of 22 September 1904 from further searching in March 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

And, death record from the New Zealand BDM website:
1981/48833. McKoy, Leonard Alfred. Date of birth: 22 September 1905

Brian of nzolivers notes the year of birth quoted above is incorrect. Alfred was born in “1904”.

Full date of death from his burial record in the same email from Velma of 2 February 2021:
Rotorua Lakes Cemetery:
Surname: MCKOY
Forenames: Leonard Alfred
Full Name: Leonard Alfred MCKOY
Age: 76 Years
Gender: Male
Date Of Death: 17/10/1981
Year Of Death: 1981
Funeral Director: Eddy Brothers, Whakatane, Whakatane
Cemetery: ROTORUA CEMETERY, Sala Street, Rotorua
Cemetery Name: Sala
Location: Plot 1
Location Code: 024-ROSE-GAR-01