John Robertson BREMNER

Regimental number11/213
AddressWaipare, Tolaga Bay
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, W G Bremner, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNo 1 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 22 June 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 23), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: William Gordon Bremner, and Mary Alice Bremner, Gisborne
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 11/215 Trooper James Halloran BREMNER, 9th Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, died of wounds, 8 September 1915; 24852 Trooper William Gilbert Booth BREMNER, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, died of wounds, 20 July 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Wounded in action, Gallipoli.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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