William Gilbert Booth Bremner

Forenames

William Gilbert Booth AWMM

Surname

Bremner AWMM

Service number

WWI 24852 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Place of birth

Gisborne, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of William G. & Mary A. Bremner, of Mangaorapa, Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay - previously of Gisborne

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Next of kin

Mrs D.L. Parris (aunt), 6 Carnarvon Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24852 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 10 Jul 1916-20 Aug 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 58 AWMM Vessel was Waihora AWMM Sergeant AWMM 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of William Gordon and Mary Ann Bremner, of Mangaorapa, Waipukurau

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. Bremner, Manorapa, Waipukurau (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

20 Jul 1917 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel AWMM Q. 53 AWMM

Obituary

DEATH OF SERGEANT GILBERT BREMNER.
To have lost all of his three sons in the defence of the Empire, and himself to have served with the forces until put out of action to the extent of having to be invalided home, is the fine but sad record that has fallen to Mr W. G. Bremner, of Gisborne. It will be remembered that the two elder sons, Troopers James and Jack Bremner, left with the Main Body. The former died of wounds in Gallipoli, and the latter was killed in action in France, he also having been wounded on Gallipoli. The sad advice has now been received that the youngest and last son, Sergeant W. Gilbert B. Bremner, died of wounds on July 20. Educated at Waitaki Boys' High School, Sergeant Bremner joined the: clerical staff of Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co., at Gisborne, and he enlisted as soon as he attained the military age. He was a member of the E.C.M.R., and left Gisborne to join the n.c.o camp, eventually leaving New Zealand with the 14th Mounted Reinforcements. He had been attached to the troops in Egypt, and had participated in the advance into Palestine. Like his brothers, Sergeant Bremner was a popular young man. He was a member of the Gisborne Rowing Club, and local Tennis and Golf Clubs, in which pastimes he took a keen interest. Much sympathy will be felt for the father and the aunts (Mesdames Parris, Parker, and Miss Booth) in their bereavement.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2023 - DEATH OF SERGEANT GILBERT BREMNER.
POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE 14357, 24 JULY 1917, PAGE 5

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22278711
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/644312/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/644312
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  35: 1
• 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.