Perfil de persona

Sandilands, Robert William

1925–2019

También conocido como: Sandy

Sandilands, Robert William

Biografía

He came to Canada in 1954 to join the Canadian Hydrographic Service at HQ in Ottawa ON.

In 1954 he was appointed to CSS Marabell and CSS William J. Stewart as Senior Assistant Hydrographer.

In 1958 he was appointed to CSS Marabell as Hydrographer-in-Charge.

In 1967 he was appointed to CSS William J. Stewart as Hydrographer-in-Charge.

He was appointed as Hydrographer-in-Charge of the CSS Parizeau in the Western Arctic.

He served for one year at the Central Area Office in Burlington ON as Assistant Regional Hydrographer.

In 1975 he was appoined as Head, Sailing Directions Pacific Region.

He was appointed as Regional Field Superintendent (Pacific Region).

He retired in 30/10/1989.

He was a Trustee of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia in Victoria BC.

He was co-author with Stanley Fillmore of "The Chartmakers".

Servicio militar

He served with the Royal Navy 1942-1954.

In 1948 he was appointed as a Lieutenant (H) RN.

He served during the Second World War in Combined Operations with a Landing Craft. After the War he served in Home Waters, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. (He resigned in 1954.)

Anécdotas

He served as associate editor of The Canadian Surveyor and was also active with the Canadian Institute of Surveying and Mapping, the Royal Geographic Society

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