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James Halloran Bremner

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 75 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 75 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Halloran AWMM
  • Surname
    Bremner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 11/215 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-halloran-bremner
  • Birth notes
    Son of William Gordon Bremner and Mary Alice Bremner, of Porangahau, previously of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 9 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-halloran-bremner
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 William Gordon Bremner (father), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11/215 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Gordon Bremner and Mary Alice Bremner, of Porangahau

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

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 September 1915 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
    REF: 5 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-halloran-bremner
  • Obituary
    Trooper James H. Bremner who is reported to have died of wounds at Anzac on September 8, left Gisborne with the main mounted force. He was 23 years of age. At the time of enlisting he was shepherding on Mr E. M. Hutchinson’s Waihuka station. He is the eldest son of Mr W. G. Bremner, who also went to the Dardanelles and has been reported wounded whilst the latter’s second son, Trooper J. R. Bremner has been wounded and is now in England, the youngest son, Gilbert, has also enlisted. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2023 - NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES
    GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 4058, 12 OCTOBER 1915, PAGE 5
  • Memorial name
    Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Turkey
    Gisborne War Memorial Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-halloran-bremner & https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/gisborne-region-first-world-war-memorial
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 75 AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
27 June 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
27 June 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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