Name, occupation, from New Zealand Marriage Record for daughter, Bernadette Jean Hayes, and added here in April 2021.

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

Year and country of death, date of birth, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in April 2021:
2004/13701. Hayes, George Humphrey. Date of birth: 20 November 1923

Full date of death of 18 June 2004 from further searching in April 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Entry in New Zealand World War II Army Nominal Roll 1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Name: George Humphrey Hayes
Embarkation: 1945
Army Number: 619101
Rank: Private
Unit: Inf. Reinfs
Conjugal Status: Single
Occupation: Labourer
Last Residence: High Street, Carterton, New Zealand
Relative Name: Mrs C G Hayes (Mother), High Street, Carterton, New Zealand

Note: The initials for the mother, “C G Hayes” could well be the initials of the father?

Listed in website for the 22nd Battalion 2NZEF, preferred name of “Bunt” found in April 2021:
http://22battalion.org.nz/index.php
Army Number: 619101
Surname: HAYES
First Name: George Humphrey [Bunt]
Roll Number: 15

The 22nd Battalion was the longest serving of the New Zealand infantry battalions that made up the 2NZEF from 1939 to 1947. Its officers assembled at Trentham Camp on 8 November 1939, were sent home for Christmas and returned on 10 January 1940 when they met the new Commanding Officer, Major Leslie Andrew VC for the first time. The first troops for the Battalion marched into Trentham on 12th January 1940. The Battalion was eventually disbanded in Japan on 7th August 1947 to become the 2nd Battalion of the NZ Army - a lifespan of 2,829 days.

New Zealand Electoral Roll - Wairarapa Supplementary Roll No. 1 Roll 1946, found in April 2021:
Hayes, George Humphrey, Junr., High St. South Carterton, labr.

NOTE: The above entry shows that our George Humphrey here was a “Junior” indicating his father was also called “George Humphrey Hayes”.

Entry found for parents in the New Zealand Electoral Roll - Wairarapa General Roll 1946, found in April 2021:
Hayes, George Humphrey, South Carterton, farmer. [Father]
Hayes, Charlotte, South Carterton, married. [Mother]

Preferred name of “Bunt” also found in entry in “Find a Grave” in April 2021.

Place of birth, living in Carterton at time of marriage, date and place of marriage from New Zealand Marriage Record for George Humphrey Hayes and Gwendoline Jean Bambry, and added here in May 2021.