Ian Stuart ANDERSON

10 April 2013, aged 83

He was born in Melbourne. Between 1947 and 1965 he served in various police forces: South Australia Police Force, Vancouver City Police (Canada), Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Commonwealth Police then ASIO and again to RCMP.

He was appointed to RPNGC on 28 February 1966 at Bomana Police College before resigning on 31 December 1966 to return to Canada. He re-joined RPNGC on 23 January 1969 as assistant public relations officer resigning on 28 April 1969, when he became a private investigator in Australia specializing in fraud cases. He was also a prolific author and in the following fifteen years returned to Canada periodically. Following a stroke, he had been in ill health for some time and is survived by his widow Mary and a daughter. M.R. Hayes