'During enemy raid on our trenches at N.36.a. and N.M.36.b Wulverghem on 24th March 1917. Private Brill set a splendid example of courage and devotion to duty in keeping his machine gun in action throughout a most intense bombardment lasting from 4am until 5.15a.m. and in keeping the gun firing during the time he and the remainder of the team (two of them were wounded) were being bombed from the rear by the enemy, six of whom had succeeded in entering our trenches. Private Brill was successful in so severely wounding one of the enemy as to prevent his return to the German lines, thus giving us the means to ascertain identification of enemy units employed to carry out the raid.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 11 May 1917

Regimental number	10/1753
Address	78 Todman Street, Brooklyn, Wellington
Marital status	Single
Next of kin	Father, T E Brill, 78 Todman Street, Brooklyn, Wellington
Rank on embarkation	Private
Enlistment status	Volunteer
Unit name	New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
	The 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank	Lance Corporal
Final unit	No 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
Fate	Killed in Action 15 June 1917
Place of burial	No known grave
Commemoration details	Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Father: the late Thorwald Emelius Brill, Wellington
Medals	Military Medal 'During enemy raid on our trenches at N.36.a. and N.M.36.b Wulverghem on 24th March 1917. Private Brill set a splendid example of courage and devotion to duty in keeping his machine gun in action throughout a most intense bombardment lasting from 4am until 5.15a.m. and in keeping the gun firing during the time he and the remainder of the team (two of them were wounded) were being bombed from the rear by the enemy, six of whom had succeeded in entering our trenches. Private Brill was successful in so severely wounding one of the enemy as to prevent his return to the German lines, thus giving us the means to ascertain identification of enemy units employed to carry out the raid.' Source: 'London Gazette' Date: 11 May 1917
Other details	Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details	Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fourth