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Geoffrey Cardozo

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Cardozo found according to different sources between 230 and 246 bodies: those he could positively identify; he provided a grave stone with personal details. For the 122 he could not identify, Cardozo took the decision to carefully bury them, including personal items he would find, in the idea that
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In 2018, Argentine war veteran Julio Aro traveled to the Darwin Cemetery. He then went to London, seeking for British veterans that he could gather information from. There, he met Geoffrey Cardozo, who acted as a translator. He provided Aro with a copy of his reports, indicating the location of
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Then, Cardozo was officially charged with the task of locating and burying the remains of Argentine soldiers dispersed in the island, and the creation of a cemetery (in land donated by Brooke Hardcastle, a farmer). To cope with this new task, he returned to
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Then, he wrote a report and sent it to the Red Cross, who sent it to the British Government, who would later send it to its Argentine counterparts. The families of Argentine veterans were not informed of the existence of this document.
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to increase public pressure on the search. There was, however, no real progress under the Kirchner governments who did not discuss the matter with the British government. The breakthrough occurred with the government of
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and Spanish speaker, arrived to the Falklands after the war to provide support and to check on the morale of service personnel. As military engineers cleared the island of
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and assembled a crew of twelve men who would assist him in the Falklands, then came back to continue with the burying. The tasks started in January 1983.
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his work could someday help in identifying the Argentines. He wrapped the remains in three layers of sheets, plastic and
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foundation (Don't Forget Me), accompanied with Cardozo and journalist Gabriela Cociffi. They also had the help of
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due to the refusal of the Argentine government to assist in their identification. In the Army, he belonged to the
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bodies in the cemetery, which became crucial for the DNA identification of Argentine veterans remains in 2017.
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bags, including a note describing where the soldier had been found. They would be later placed in a wooden
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Sociales, CLACSO. Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias (2019),
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by Queen Elizabeth II for services to UK/Argentina relations.
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Then, a race to identify the remains started. Aro founded the
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Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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Argentine Military Cemetery § Identification using DNA
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Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
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Recommendation for Award for Cardozo, Geoffrey Charles
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and the signining of the Foradori/Duncan agreement.
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Index

CBE

British Army
Colonel
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
CBE
British Army
Colonel
Argentine Military Cemetery
Falkland Islands
Falklands War
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
Nobel Peace Prize
Julio Aro
Falklands War
DNA
Frederick Cardozo
SOE
Veterans Aid

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
landmines
London
PVC
coffin
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Argentine Military Cemetery § Identification using DNA

Mauricio Macri
Roger Waters

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