Service Details
Name:
 BREMNER
Given Name:
 GEORGE
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 5521
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1917-04-09
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Date of Birth:
 1891-07-07
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during first day of the Battle of Arras. The 3rd S.A.I. was on the right of the South African Infantry Brigade in the attack of Black Line and Blue Line (North of St Laurent-Blangy). The 3rd S.A.I. sustained 53 killed and 226 wounded
Additional
Information:
Son of Andrew James and Marion Bremner. Husband of Mrs. Louisa Dora Bremner, of 12A Nugget Street off Albert Street, Johannesburg. Born Aliwal North. A miner. Previously wounded in Delville Wood in July 1916
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 MINDEL TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY
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Grave Reference:
 B. 29.

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