Thanks for the update. Nothing ventured nothing gained. At least she replied to you.
In today's Saturday paper, she has contributed an article [as part of our ANZAC acknowledgement] on a McHaffie family with Christchurch, and Hamilton {Waikato} connections, and Gilbert (junior) who did not return from the WWI, Battle of the Somme.
Alan.
[PS - The dead tell tales - Glibert Hamilton McHaffie. Waikato Times 20-4-2024, page B9]