ON SERIOUSLY ILL LIST.
Mr A. O. Pilbrow, of Ashburton, has been advised that his son, Corporal Eric A. Pilbrow, who was reported wounded in Libya early in December, has been placed on the seriously ill list. -AG, 3/1/1942.
Mr and Mrs A. O. Pilbrow, of Walnut Avenue, have been advised that their son, Corporal Eric Pilbrow, who was wounded at the beginning of December, is again on the seriously ill list. -Ashburton Guardian, 11/2/1942.
Mr and Mrs A. O. Pilbrow, of Walnut Avenue, received advice yesterday that their son, Gunner M. R. Pilbrow, has been wounded in action. Gunner Pilbrow was assistant County Clerk at Ashburton, and of five brothers in the Army, he is the second to be wounded. -Ashburton Guardian, 17/7/1942.
DEATH IN ACTION.
GUNNER MAURICE R. PILBROW.
ASSISTANT-COUNTY CLERK.
General regret has been expressed at the announcement that Gunner Maurice R. Pilbrow, son of Mr and Mrs A. O. Pilbrow, of Walnut Avenue, Ashburton, succumbed to wounds received in recent fighting in the Middle East. After being educated at the Ashburton Borough and Ashburton High Schools, Gunner Pilbrow joined the staff of the Ashburton County Council, with which he was associated for 11 years before going overseas in 1940. Latterly he was assistant-clerk, and was held in the highest esteem.
“The death on active service of Mr Pilbrow will be deeply regretted by members of the Council and by all ratepayers with whom he came in contact,’' said the County Chairman (Mr S. P. Taylor) this morning. “He served for 11 years on the staff of the Council, and by his diligence and efficiency rose to the position of Assistant-Clerk. He was highly esteemed by all of us for his loyalty, dependability and sense of duty, and by his death the Council has lost an experienced and efficient officer. On behalf of the Council and the residents of the district I wish to extend to Mr and Mrs Pilbrow our sincere sympathy in the great loss they have sustained.”
“He was thorough in all his work and dependable and loyal to his associates,” said the County Clerk (Mr G. Kelly). “His co-operation did much to bring about the smooth running of the multifarious duties devolving on the staff. He was of an even temperament and he assisted greatly in every phase of the work here. His death is a crushing blow to his fellow-workers."
Gunner Pilbrow was a very keen angler and an enthusiastic gardener, especially among flowers. He was a foundation member of the Erewhon branch of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club and was at one time captain of the Ashburton Tennis Club. He was secretary to the Marlborough-Canterbury branch of the County Clerks’ Association. Always of a studious nature, Gunner Pilbrow had almost completed his studies for his accountancy degree. Gunner Pilbrow had two brothers in the forces overseas. One is still there and the other has been discharged after suffering severe wounds in the Middle East. The flags at the County and Borough Council offices were flown at half-mast this week out of respect to the memory of Gunner Pilbrow. -Ashburton Guardian, 23/7/1942.
KILLED IN ACTION.
PRIVATE D'ARCY T. R. PILBROW.
A Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force casualty list issued this afternoon contains the name of Private D’Arcy Trevor Raymond Pilbrow, killed in action. His mother is Mrs E, W. Pilbrow, 79 Walnut Avenue, Ashburton.
Private D’Arcy T. R. Pilbrow was the youngest son of Mrs Pilbrow and the late Mr A. O. Pilbrow, of Walnut Avenue, Ashburton. He was born in Ashburton and educated at the Ashburton Borough and High Schools. On leaving school he joined the clerical staff of Messrs Pyne, Gould, Guinness, and left there when he enlisted in the Army toward the end of 1942, going overseas in the Tank Corps.
Private Pilbrow was, prior to the war, a member of the Territorials. He was a prominent member of St. Andrew’s Physical Training Club. In his keenness for sport he took an active part in the Ashburton Lawn Tennis Club, the Erewhon Mountaineering Club, and was a member of the Old Boys’ Football Club. D’Arcy was the fourth member of the Pilbrow family to join the Army, an elder brother, Maurice, being killed over a year ago. Two other brothers, Clifford and Eric, have returned home after doing service in the Middle East. -Ashburton Guardian, 30/12/1943.
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