The young police officer, who had a promising career before him, is survived by his mother, and Mr. A. H. Crank and Mr. A. L. Crank, also a Probationary Sergeant with the SMP., brothers. He leaves a sister, Mrs. Dunk residing in Kuala Lumpur, and wes the brother-in-law of Det.- Inspector T. Darvill, Det.-Sergt. T. Ressington and of the late Inspector J. Hunter. Another of his sisters is the widow of Mr. Chetwood Crawley of the Chinese Maritime Customs, who was killed on the Yangtze below Hankow last year. His mother is the widow of an S.M.C. Revenue Department employee.
Immediatety after news of Crank's death reached Police headquarters, Major K. M. Bourne, Commissioner of Police, published the following order: regrets fo record the death St, Probe:
"The Commissioner of Police docy tionary Sergeant Duncan Ernest Crank who. died at the General Hospital lo-day at 1 pin, as a result of gunshot wounds received whilst in_the execution of his duties. Prob.-Serg. Crank the Force on April 25, 1988, and Was a most promising junior officer who vas making excellent sad bereavement.
The funeral will take place at the Bubbling 1 Cemetery at 4 p.m. tomorrow.
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