Name of “Dorothy May Brennan”, preferred name of “Dot”, date and place of birth, death and burial, engagement notice immediately below, from research initiated by Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, in an email dated 7 January 2023. Ref. nzolivers Research File 58. Tim is the great-grandson of James Alexander Oliver b.1866 and onwards through his son Ivor J C Oliver b.1907.

Engagement Notice in Auckland Star of 23 October 1941 and added here in January 2023:
HAWKER-BRENNAN- The engagement is announced Dorothy youngest daughter of Mrs and the late Mr W Brennan late of Gisborne and James Gordon Hawker of Wanganui.

Year of birth registration from search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2023:
1922/19923. Brennan, Dorothy. Mother: Emily. Father: William

Full date of birth of 21 October 1922 confirmed from further searching in January 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.