George Owen Harman was born in Rotherfield on the 9th December 1938 the eldest son of Bernard and Euphemeia Harman. It is believed that George was married before to a Carol Riddle. He eventually emigrated to New Zealand and what follows are various newspaper reports about George.

Tauranga newspaper report:
Director of Harman buildings
Flying is the way to travel for pleasure and for business a young Tauranga man who combines the two is Mr. George Harman. Flying ANZ representatives and himself to business appointments all over the country. George first started flying to make it easy for him to cover areas from Coromandel down to Taihape and out.
Being a family business of 24 years standing established by an uncle. But family or not George was shown no favouritism and was "put through the mill" like anybody else, learning all aspects of the business. Then five years ago he was given the responsibility of starting a branch in Tauranga. He says "I rolled into Tauranga in an ancient De Soto truck with my wife and two cats" he recalled with a laugh. Starting off with a staff of two, himself and an employee, George worked hard and long to get the business to its present size.

Tauranga newspaper report:
A well known young Tauranga businessman Mr. George Owen Harman died at Tauranga on Sunday after a short illness. Mr. Harman was 35 and was the proprietor of Harman Buildings Ltd, a firm specialising in the construction of factory-built garages and out buildings. Before he came to New Zealand from England in 1963 he had been a train, truck and bus driver and during his national service with the British army in Germany. It was shortly after his national service that he decided to come to New Zealand to live. Also he had uncles that already lived in New Zealand. This being his uncles Fred and Jesse. For three years he worked for his uncle Jesse who had set up a building firm. George then moved to Tauranga to open his own branch.
Flying was an important part of his life in recent years. He began flying lessons with the Tauranga aero club in 1968 and gained his private pilots license in 1969. In that year he was elected to the clubs executive committee. He flew extensively with the club and also devoted much time to its administration. To assist his business he purchased an aircraft of his own and flew over much of North Island until quite recently. He was a popular member of the club and excelled in competitive flying. He competed susses fully at national aero club pageants. George was responsible for the establishment of the Tauranga's three aircraft formation team which developed its demonstration flying to such an extent that it was placed on the programme of the Royal New Zealand aero clubs 1972 pageant at Hamilton. He competed in last Octobers northern aero club rally at Whangarei and won the event in which George took part.
Another of George's interests was the Tauranga St. Johns ambulance. He enrolled with the ambulance in June 1967 and in March 1969 was promoted to Corporal. Because of his business interests he resigned early last year. During his service with the ambulance, George spent 101 hours on public duties such as attending sports features. As an ambulance driver he spent 284 hours behind the wheel and just on 3300 on driver standbys.
George Harman leaves a wife and four young children.

George Owen Harman died on 25 mar 1973 at the age of 35.