Given names “Gladys Lalla” and maiden name “Smith”, from New Zealand Marriage Record for daughter Gwendoline, and added here in May 2021.

Witnesses shown on above marriage record:
Lee Davidson, Bushman, Hilton Road Carterton
Margaret Mary Smith, Married, Matarawa [Dalefield 5 miles west of Carterton]

Name and spelling confirmed, year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2021:
1928/9825. Bride: Gladys Lalla Smith. Groom: Percy Kenneth Bambry

Full date of marriage of 20 June 1928 from further searching in May 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Year of birth registration, country of birth, from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2021:
1906/6883. Smith, Gladys Laila. Mother: Hannah Elizabeth. Father: Walter George Thomas

Full date of birth of 12 November 1905 from further searching in May 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Year and country of death, date of birth confirmed, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2021:
1981/26279. Bambry, Gladys Lalla. Date of birth: 12 November 1905

Full date of death of 18 August 1981 from further searching in May 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

It is interesting to note that this Gladys Lalla SMITH is the sister of Lloyd Malcolm SMITH who married Margaret Mary HAYES. Margaret’s brother is George Humphrey HAYES, who married Gwendoline Jean BAMBRY. George and Gwendoline’s daughter is Bernadette Jean (Bernie) HAYES. (Bernie is John and Toyah Churton’s maternal grandmother).