Arthur Delmar Combe died suddenly on 23rd May, 1949, at the age of 56.
He was born in Australia and received his training in economic geology at the Sydney Technical College from 1908 to 1913, at the same time attending lectures in mining and surveying at Broken Hill Technical College and instruction in assaying and analysis at the laboratories of Messrs. Pale and Cameron.
He had some practical and general underground experience at Broken Hill Junction North mine, N.S.W., in 1912, and worked at the cyanidation and flotation plant at Chesney mine, Cobar, in 1913. In 1914 he was employed at the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Co. and the South Clifton colliery, Scarborough, N.S.W., and in 1915 at the North Lyell mine of Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Co., Tasmania.
He returned to New South Wales in 1916, and during the next three years obtained practical experience at the Great Cobar, South Blocks, Junction, New Burragorang, Broken Hill South and Broken Hill Block 14 mines. In 1919 he joined Scotchmans Gold Mining Co. at Stawell, Vic., and subsequently worked for Bendigo Amalgamated Gold Mining Co., New Red White and Blue Consolidated Gold Mining Co. and Rose, Thistle and Shamrock Gold Mining Co. He was employed for two months by Commonwealth Oil Corporation at Newnes, N.S.W., before a similar short period at Seaham No.2 colliery, West Wallsend, N.S.W.
In March, 1921, Mr. Combe was appointed field geologist to the Geological Survey of Uganda, and remained with the Survey until his death, when he held the position of assistant director.
Mr. Combe was elected to Associateship of the Institution in 1926.
Vol. 59, Trans I.M.M. 1949-50, pp. ?
