Members and their families were deeply shocked at the death in Melbourne on 29th May, r965, of Ron Corbin, after a comparatively short illness. The sympathy of all is extended to his widow, Margaret, and young son and daughter.
Ron became ill shortly after returning to Darwin from recreation leave, and had to be flown. to Melbourne JOr specialist attention, but it proved to be of no avail. I-k was only 39 years of age, and was in his 13th year of service in this Force.
Ronald Prank Harold Corbin was born in Winchester, England, on 4.th April, 1926. In the last War he saw service in the Mediterranean and other theatres with the Royal Navy. He served front August, 1943, to April, 5947. After the War he spent a period with the Palestine Police, and later migrated to Australia.
Whilst working in an electrical establishment in Melbourne he became interested in the Northern Territory Police, and joined up on 28th July, 5952. After his recruit training he was transferred to Alice Springs. Whilst there he was one of the investigating Officers in the unusual case in which a thief fiddling about in front of a mirror with a stolen camera, unwittingly took his own photograph, thus helping to convict himself. (See story " Tracked, Tricked and Trapped ", in this issue).
Ron next put in three years at Anthony's Lagoon, where he had the unpleasant job of investigating an extra ordinary case concerning the vicious whipping of natives by tvhite men. From late 1957 onwards he served in Darwin and in recent years has been a Detective II C Constable in the Special Branch.
He was a good, clean living citizen, and was interested and active as a member of the Darwin Sub-Branch of
the R.S.S. and took an active interest as
an instructor to Sea Cadets of T.S. " Warranumga".
