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Title	Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) (RCNVR)
Official Number	(nk)

Birth	04/03/1925	Death	22/04/2004
Place	Hamilton	Place	Oshawa
Area	ON	Area	ON
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

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Biography
He received a BA in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Toronto in 1947. After graduation he began working with the Geodetic Survey of Canada as an Astronomic Surveyor. In 1956 he joined the Canadian Hydrographic Service as a Special Projects Officer and became interested in measuring tidal currents in the Bay of Fundy using photogrammetry. This led him to take educational leave to study physical oceanography at the University of British Columbia where he obtained an M.Sc. in 1961.He continued studies in physical oceanography at Johns Hopkins University under the direction of Professor Raymond Montgomery. Partway through these studies Warren came to the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth Nova Scotia where he carried out the observational work for his Ph.D. thesis. In 1975 Warren left the Bedford Institute for the Canadian Hydrographic Service where he became a Tidal Officer and rewrote the Canadian Tidal Manual. In 1981 he retired from government service and became a freelance oceanographic consultant. As a consultant he was involved in a number of overseas projects for the Canadian International Development Agency and the United Nations. In Mali he assessed the feasibility of hydrographic charting of the Niger River for navigation. In Goa he presented lectures on tidal theory, observation and prediction and in Malaysia he provided tidal and geodetic expertise.

Biography

He received a BA in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Toronto in 1947. After graduation he began working with the Geodetic Survey of Canada as an Astronomic Surveyor. In 1956 he joined the Canadian Hydrographic Service as a Special Projects Officer and became interested in measuring tidal currents in the Bay of Fundy using photogrammetry. This led him to take educational leave to study physical oceanography at the University of British Columbia where he obtained an M.Sc. in 1961.He continued studies in physical oceanography at Johns Hopkins University under the direction of Professor Raymond Montgomery. Partway through these studies Warren came to the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth Nova Scotia where he carried out the observational work for his Ph.D. thesis. In 1975 Warren left the Bedford Institute for the Canadian Hydrographic Service where he became a Tidal Officer and rewrote the Canadian Tidal Manual. In 1981 he retired from government service and became a freelance oceanographic consultant. As a consultant he was involved in a number of overseas projects for the Canadian International Development Agency and the United Nations. In Mali he assessed the feasibility of hydrographic charting of the Niger River for navigation. In Goa he presented lectures on tidal theory, observation and prediction and in Malaysia he provided tidal and geodetic expertise.

Military Service
He was appointed as an Ordinary Seaman (Officer Candidate UNTD) RCNVR 1943. He served in HMCS York for UNTD 1943. (He was demobilized.)

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Personal Communication (Bill Clearihue-John MacFarlane) E-mail 24/12/2010; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD);
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2015-01-19 00:00:00

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Forrester, Warren David