Name: NILSSON, John Born: Sweden, 14 December 1885 Died: 30 April 1912 Age: 26 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B5 Register: 8 One of nine victims of the typhus epidemic in 1912. There is a little confusion over the name – the Register of Deaths gives Johan Nilsson whereas the gravestone says John
Name: MONTARO, Josep H. Born: Cape Verde Islands Died: 28 February 1891 Age: 19 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: Unknown Register: – In his book ‘Antarctica‘, Otto Nordenskjöld tells how, in May 1902, he found the cemetery where a few pieces of wood thrust into the earth marked the graves. On one was the inscription: JOSEP
Name: BROCKLOAE, H Born: USA Died: 10 January 1871 Age: 35 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B7 Register: – Brockloae was the cooper (barrel maker) on the sealing vessel Trinity, a sealer taking elephant seals for oil, which would be stored in barrels. This older grave marker was removed indoors to the Museum at Grytviken in
Name: DYRE, W.H Born: London Died: July 1846 Age: 27 Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: B9 Register: – Dyre was the Surgeon of the ship Esther and died during a typhus outbreak. Four of the nine unmarked graves in the cemetery are reported to be from the same ship. The original grave marker was removed indoors
Name: Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery Grytviken Grave Ref B8 Register One of four graves from the pre-whaling days.
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Name: Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C5 Register: –
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Name Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C6 Register: –
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Name Unknown Born – Died – Age – Cemetery Grytviken Grave Ref C7 Register –
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Name; Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C8 Register: –
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Name: Unknown Born: – Died: – Age: – Cemetery: Grytviken Grave Ref: C10 Register: – A photograph of the unveiling of Shackleton’s headstone shows this grave existed on 28 Feb 1928.
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