In Memory Of
BREMNER, GEORGE
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1891-07-07
Service No:
5521
Rank:
Private
Unit:
3rd Regt.
Unit 2:
"B" Coy.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-04-09
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
B. 29.
Cemetery:
MINDEL TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
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
