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HEAL, Syd C. Across Far Distant Horizons: The Life and Times of a Canadian Master Mariner. 311p., illus. Vancouver, B.C.: Cordillera, 1995. ISBN: 1895590132,

Drawn from the unpublished memoirs of Trevor Whitla Bridges. Born in 1881, he became a Merchant Officer and retired between the wars. Recalled in 1940 to the Naval Control Service, he soon fell out with authority. After a political fight he was reinstated as Captain of the first of the Canadian-built North Sands Class in 1943 and sailed her round the Pacific for the rest of the war.

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The Dominion Forces; Canadian Merchant Marine;

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