Brian GILBERT Obituary

My condolences Brians Family today.

Brian had a kind and happy personality, was very knowledgeable about many subjects and always had a story to tell!

We share fond memories with both Brian and Lucy over the years

the life of one we love is never lost.... It's influence goes on through all the lives it ever touched.
Helen Steiner Rice

Thinking of you at this as this sad time,
Elizabeth Perry

To our cousins in New Zealand, our deepest condolences for the loss of Uncle Brian. Our thoughts are with you.

I will remember Grandad as an ever-positive, ever-encouraging man. I can't recall a time when he was outwardly angry or upset.

I will remember his creativity and outside-the-box thinking. His interest in learning from reading and learning from doing, and his encouragement to me to do the same in appropriate proportions.

I will credit him, at least in part, for my interest in obscure facts and events, especially those related to historical events -- usually related to World War 2 or to Naval vessels or military aircraft.

I will remember trips to Devonport and Northhead. I will remember walks around the back yard. I will remember the hand-crafted garage, and the toy truck, and the trolley which saw many playing hours, the dimensions for which came in part from a photo of a bathtub. I will remember "feeling bored" and being handed books on RAF planes, or being taught lessons about the WW2 Guadalcanal campaign (among others).

I would like to think that his words and his actions have, consciously or otherwise, made me a better person. I would like to think that I have a positive influence on others around me, in part because of the positive influence he had on me.