Vale - William Thomas (Bill) Griffiths

 

22 April 1928 - 14 April 2014

 

 

1950 Astrofix Field Party: (L-R) standing: Reg Ford, Phil Lennie, Ted Caspers and Dave Hocking; front : Bill Griffiths and Clyde Denton

 

Bill initially worked out of the Melbourne office as a member of an Astrofix party and undertaking Barometric heighting. After transferring to Canberra as a draftsman, Bill later became a Supervising draftsman in charge of Topographic Mapping Drafting Sub-section 4.

 

 

Circa 1960s photo of Bill with his staff

 

 

Details kindly provided by Colin Kimber