Name of “James Gordon Hawker”, preferred name of “Ben”, date and place of birth, date and country of death, 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