Received the following sad news from Bob Mummery this morning...
VALE - RON FORSYTH - MOBI/WEEO/etc
Dear All,
It is with some sadness that I report the passing of yet another MOBI/WEEO?MERCHANT NAVY/PUBLICAN/RETIREE. Ron passed away in his sleep on Tuesday 26 April 2016.
Ron was one of the colourful characters with whom I enjoyed friendship in those halcyon days of MOBI land. He was a July 1961 entrant to HMAS NIRIMBA where friends came easily but study did not however, in the mid 1970s, Ron became a Special Duties List Engineer (Weapons Electrical) officer. Leaving the Royal Australian Navy sometime in the 1980s. Ron then joined the Merchant Navy where I am sure that his electrical background was of good use. He was well known as a person who wanted to run an English pub and rumour has it that he bought a pub in UK and was successful at that as well. Just when Ron retired is not clear but he is known to have enjoyed a retirees lifestyle in Bomaderry, New south Wales.
Ron’s funeral will be held at:
Worrigee Cemetery/Crematorium
Worrigee Road
WORRIGEE (just out of Bombaderry)
1000 Tuesday 3 May 2016
Yours aye
Bob Mummery
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From: Robert Lofthouse
Sent: Thursday, 28 April 2016 4:15 PM
To: bob mummery; fred house
Subject: Re: FW: Vale, Ron Forsyth
Guys. I can't really shed any light on Ron's career/activities as there are to many gaps.
What I do know is:
He joined in July 1961
Got promoted to ultimately Lt.
Left the Navy and sometime in the ensuing years...joined the merchant marine...bought a pub in the UK......had a number of marriages, sired a bunch of kids and ultimately retired to Bomaderry on the south coast of NSW.
He had a standing invite to come stay with us in Canberra but always declined. I met him on many occasions over the last 10 or so years but he was a little reluctant to talk about his life except for rare moments and I didn't keep a diary, so I just left it alone.
Bob, I know that isn't much but the request was really to put the message out there for those who knew him to know that he had passed on.
Can't offer much more than that except this.
The funeral arrangements have pretty much been confirmed as follows:
Worrigee Cemetery/crematorium.
Worrigee Road
Worrigee. (just out of Bomaderry)
10 am Tuesday 3/5/16
Cheers
Lofty.
G'Day Fred.
I remember Ron from my early days at RANATE, he was two terms above us, but he wasn't above stirring us Sprogs up on the odd occasion... 
I later served with Ron at HMAS Tarangau, at that time he was married to the lovely Jan, always a welcome asset to social evenings in the Chief's Mess.
Bob Lofthouse was at Manus at that time as well; I ended up buying Bob's VW Beach Buggy...!
Didn't cross paths with Ron after that, but I believed he may have had a younger brother who went thought RANATE as well...
Another MOBI taken far too soon...
Rest on your oars, Ron, your voyage is now done... 