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Name: GANTNER, Federico Born:  – Died: 14 January 1933 Age: 44 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: E1 Register: 130

Name: BENGTSSON, John Born: 24 July 1879 Died: 15 April 1928 Age: 48 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C3 Register: 95 In his book ‘Camera in Antarctica’, Alfred Saunders writes: The outstanding characters on the plan were the flensers Hansen, Benson and Fritz. Hansen and Bensen were always laughing and joking, while Fritz seldom laughed or

Name: ARTUSO, Felix Born: 5 July 1945, Argentina Died: 27 April 1982 Age: 36 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: D9 Register:   Felix Artuso was a Petty Officer on the submarine Santa Fe (ex-USS Catfish) who was shot shortly after the British retook South Georgia from the Argentine invasion forces in 1982. He was being guarded

Name: WATT, Albert E. Born: Britain Died: 3 November 1962 Age: 39 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: D8 Register: 195 An article in the Shrewsbury Chronicle (no date but between 2003 and 2011), about Roy Bound, who was part of the team that built Shackleton House in 1962 to 1963, tells us that Albert was the

Name: LUNDGREN, Gunnar Born: Sweden, 9 November 1917 Died: 10 August 1947 Age: 29 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: D7 Register: 156

Name: OLSEN, Yngve Born: Norway, 7 March 1896 Died: 14 February 1947 Age: 50 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: D6 Register: 155 December 2014 – Grave Re-Levelled In December 2014, the grave surround was relevelled by Museum / Post Office staff member Hugh Marsden as it had sunk into the ground far enough to make maintenance

Name: GUDJONSON, Olgeir Born: Iceland, 4 June 1885 Died: 21 July 1946 Age: 61 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: D5 Register: 150 In his book ‘Pesca’ Ian Hart tells us that Olgeir was the winter manager at Grytviken in 1946, and drowned alongside the floating dock. This is confirmed  by information in the Register of Deaths.

Name: HAAKANSSON, Olof Born: 13 July 1864 Died: 18 February 1935 Age: 70 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: D4 Register: 135

Name: PALMER, Erik Einar Born: 29 July 1899 Died: 14 February 1935 Age: 35 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: D3 Register: 134 A letter from his sister’s granddaughter tells us: “Erik Einar according to the death advertisment [see below] camed from Ytternäs, which then was part of Jomala. Don’t know if he was born there, but