Missing Headstone for Norwegian Sailor

With the kind assistance of the Australian Embassy in Baghdad and Dr Christopher Morris of the RAF Habbaniya Association over the past six months, I recently completed (18th January 2024) an interactive photographic database of the 290 headstones at the Habbaniya War Cemetery, located 50 miles west of Baghdad. Of this number, 173 graves were for WW2 deaths and 117 for burials that took place 'between the Wars' or post WW2. However, when trying to reconcile the number of photographs with the CWGC's own files and also the records kept by the RAF Habbaniya Association, I discovered that a grave had been overlooked when the full restoration of the cemetery was carried out in 2018/19. During the restoration process, the original (and almost illegible) headstone for the Norwegian sailor, First Officer Oskar Magnus Kristiansen of the M T Bralanta, was overlooked and since 2019, his grave (Plot 6, Row C, Grave 1) has remained unmarked. I immediately contacted the CWGC with photographic proof of this (see images below) and was advised on the 20th January that a meeting had been arranged between James King, the Area Director Africa & Asia CWGC and his counterpart at the Norwegian Department of Cultural Heritage to discuss the matter. The meeting took place at the end of January 2024 at which it was agreed that the CWGC would fabricate a new headstone on behalf of Norwegian War Graves and shipped to Habbaniya the next time the CWGC is scheduled to carry out works in Iraq. The headstone will be erected in its original location, Plot 6 Row C Grave 1 (see below). I will update this post as and when progress is made.