Name | AKSETH, Sverre |
Born | Norway, 14 August 1910 |
Died | 24 December 1960 |
Age | 50 |
Cemetery | Leith(Main) |
Grave Ref | A4 |
Tom Robertson, in Gibbie Fraser's book Shetland's Whalers Remember, tells us that Akseth, who was station manager at Leith, fell between two catchers and was crushed. Robertson says "It was a sad time because he was a gentleman and nobody had a wrong word to say about him." There is a photograph of the funeral on page 26 of the book.