Norwegian War Graves

There are 35 graves of Norwegian sailors, soldiers and merchant seamen in Nova Scotia. One grave is in Sydney, four in Lunenburg and the rest are in Halifax. St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Fairview, is the last resting place of 10 merchant seamen whose remains occupy what is known as the Norwegian Plot while one other grave lies not far away. There are 17 Norwegian war graves in Camp Hill Cemetery. These are scattered over a wide area and some of them were unmarked until quite recently. The names and other known details are given below.

Name Date and
Place of Birth
Date Died/
Buried 
Place of Burial
Abrahamsen, Alf 5 Apr 1914, Stokke 23 Jul  42 Camp Hill, Halifax
Andersen, Anders Unknown Unknown St. John's, Halifax
Andersen, Olaf H. Age 38 26 Dec 43 St. John's, Halifax
Andreassen, Hans Egil 26 Nov 1890 12 Feb 42  Camp Hill, Halifax
Askeland, Oddmund 26 Aug 1908 8 Dec 40 Hillcrest, Lunenburg
Becklund, Leonard 30 Jan 1896 21 Dec 42 St. John's, Halifax
Bergslid, Paulus 6 Apr 1914 22 Feb 42 Camp Hill, Halifax
Bero, Karl Unknown Unknown St. John's, Halifax
Breivik, Jørgen Unknown Unknown Camp Hill, Halifax
Eilertsen, Erling 21 Jan 1896 21 Bov 42 Camp Hill, Halifax
Elgesem, Hans Hj. Unknown Unknown Camp Hill, Halifax
Gesiner, Ole G.H. Age 45 23 May 42 St. John's, Halifax
Gundersen, Elias B. 25 Oct 1902 24 Dec 42 Hardwood Hill, Sydney
Halvorsen, Erling 11 Sept 1918 Unknown Camp Hill, Halifax
Johannesen, Sverre Unknown Unknown  St. John's, Halifax
Johansen, Arnold Unknown Unknown St. John's, Halifax
Johansen, Hans Alf 28 Apr 1896 24 Apr 41 Camp Hill, Halifax
Jonassen, Anker 31 Mar 1900 31 Oct 40 Camp Hill, Halifax
Jørgensen, Norman Age 18 18 Nov 40 Camp Hill, Halifax
Krøble, Sivert 26 Aug 1883 22 Feb 42 Camp Hill, Halifa]
Larsen, Kristian Unknown Unknown Camp Hill, Halifax
Leithe, Harald Marius Unknown Unknown St. John's, Halifax
Løsnes, Einar Harald 9 Feb 1924, Larvik 12 Apr 41 Camp Hill, Halifax
 Midbøe, Mathias Unknown Unknown Camp Hill, Halifax
Mikkelsen, Rudolf` Unknown  4 Jul 41 Hillcrest, Lunenburg
Moen, Hans Moen Andebu Unknown Camp Hill, Halifax
Nilsen, August Unknown 26 May 42 Camp Hill, Halifax
Nilsen, Torleif Unknown  3 Jan 42 Hillcrest, Lunenburg
Opstad, Finn Unknown Unknown St. John's, Halifax
Skifjeld, Herman Unknown 13 Jan 41 Hillcrest, Lunenburg
Thorsen, Toralf Age 42 Unknown Camp Hill, Halifax
Tjom, Thomas  Age 21  21 Mar 41 Camp Hill, Halifax

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