BREMNER, Ottiwell Hope
(Service number 7/1030)
| First Rank | Corporal ; Second Lieutenant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | C/- Simms, Cooper & Co, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Stock buyer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Charles E. Bremner (father), Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 5th Reinforcements ; NZEF | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles ; 42nd Reinforcements Mounted Rifle Brigade | ||
| Date | 6/13/1915 ; 10/10/1918 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima ; Moeraki | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
"For conspicuous gallantry in action. During several days he showed great dash as a leader. On one occasion he routed an enemy force four times greater than his own, after inflicting heavy losses on them." - London Gazette, 20 Oct 1916, quoted in Alan Polaschek, The Complete NZ Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1983.
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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Biographical Notes
Shipped on the Moeraki, but then transhipped to (HMAT 17) Malta at Sydney for Suez
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (August 2014); SCrollw eb submission by M Smith, 9 December 2024
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