John Robertson Bremner

Forenames

John Robertson AWMM

Surname

Bremner AWMM

Also known as

John Roberton Bremner AWMM

Service number

WWI 11/213 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 25th April 1893

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 February 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 February 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of William Gordon Bremner, and Mary Alice Bremner of Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/john-roberton-bremner

Address before enlistment

WW1 Waipare, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 William Gordon Bremner (father), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 11/213 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 6 AWMM Vessel was Orari AWMM Trooper AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded Gallipoli AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, 1 Company AWMM

Son of William Gordon Bremner and Mary Alice Bremner of Gisborne

Three brothers fell in WW1 - James Halloran Bremner (11/215), John Robertson Bremner (11/213), William Gilbert Booth Bremner (24852)

Next of Kin: Mr W. G. Brmener Manorapa, Waipukurau (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

22 Jun 1916 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM II. B. 23 AWMM

Obituary

It is with regret that the death is recorded of another of Mr. W. G. Bremner's sons, Lance-corporal John Robertson Bremner having been killed in action on June 22. . Lance-corporal Bremner was engaged on the Waipare station when he enlisted with the Main Mounted Contingent. He was wounded on Gallipoli, where his brother, Trooper J. H. Bremner, who left at the same time, gave his life in the service of his country. Mr. Bremner. senr., also went to the Dardanelles with the Main Body, and received wounds that necessitated his being invalided home some months ago. Mr. Bremner, Mrs. Parris, and Miss Booth are at present in Wellington, where they went to farewell Gilbert Bremner, who left Gisborne as an n.c.o. for the 14th Reinforcements.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 14033, 1 JULY 1916, PAGE 3

Memorial name

• Kaikoura Anglican Church, 29 Torquay St, Kaikoura AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne Boys' High School, 80 Stanley Road, Te Hapara, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Mach.html
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22278702
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/275827/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/275827
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 75
• HMNZT 6. Orari tatler : a souvenir of the voyage of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force from Wellington to Alexandria, Oct. 16th-Dec. 3rd, 1914. (1915). [Cairo, Egypt]: Whitehead, Morris and Co. (Egypt) Ltd.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.