"The Rev. Charles Tobin, who died at the Masterton Hospital recently, was Chaplain of the Main Body to the forces, and was absent from New Zealand four years. He came from a distinguished family connected with the early history of Taranaki, about whom a good deal has been written lately. His great, grandfather was Charles Armitage Brown, the friend of Keats and Hunt, Landor and Byron, and his grandfather was Charles Brown, the first superintendent of Taranaki. His mother who married Mr W. H. Toblin, was Miss Laura Brown. The Browns in the early days were not noted for their orthodoxy, and when Charles Armitage Brown came to New Plymouth in the early forties his religious views did not find favour with many of the sturdy pioneers, who brought their Bibles and their prayer books with them to this new country. The wheels of time, however, ordained it that the great grandson should be a preacher of the faith his ancestor sought to supplant by a less spiritual creed. Old settlers say that why Charles Armitage Brown was buried on Marsland Hill, instead of in the old English Church cemetery, was because of his unorthodox- views on religion. For over 75 years the site of the grave was lost, but recently it was located by Mr W. H. Skinner."

[STRATFORD EVENING POST, VOLUME XXXXIII, ISSUE 21, 31 MARCH 1921, PAGE 4]

General regret will be felt among the many friends of Mrs W. H. J. Tobin at the news of the death of her eldest son, the Rev Charles Tobin, which occurred on Sunday, at the Masterton Hospital. The late Mr Tobin left New Zealand with the Main Body as a chaplain to the Forces, and was absent some four years. Since returning he has had charge of a Maori college near Masterton, and the unexpected news of his death came yesterday. The sincerest sympathy will be extended to Mrs Tobin and family in their bereavement. 

[BAY OF PLENTY TIMES, VOLUME 49, ISSUE 7651, 22 MARCH 1921, PAGE 2]