At the beginning of October police made a public appeal to help find Dobbin, saying he may have been near a petrol station on Camden Valley Way at Prestons about 7.20am on September 25, and near The Northern Road, at Bringelly, about an hour later.

Dobbin’s friends called for help finding him on Facebook last month, describing him as a lovely man and a gentleman, who had a good sense of humour and enjoyed having a chat with people at local horse shows.

The Dobbin family runs a horse showing and breeding company in Leppington specialising in miniature horses. Edwin had previously manufactured sulkies — lightweight carts for harness racing — however he retired before his passing.

Police said Dobbin was wearing a brown and white striped shirt, a black puffer jacket, shorts, and grey and brown shoes when he was last seen.