Francis BREMNER

BREMNER, Francis

Service Number: 3023
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 47th Infantry Battalion
Born: Wick, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom, 25 December 1884
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Wellington Farm School
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of wounds, France, 14 August 1916, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France
Grave I. P. 14A. INSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF M.E. BREMNER OF BRISBANE , Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Wimereux, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Albert Street Uniting Church Honour Roll, Brisbane City Council Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

30 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3023, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3023, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
14 Aug 1916: Involvement Lance Corporal, 3023, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3023 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-14

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 31 and the son of Ronald and Katherine Bremner; husband of Mary E. Bremner, of 572, Boundary and Milne Sts., Brisbane, Queensland. He is one of four Australian casualties of the Great War remembered on the Wick War Memorial.

Wick (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ùige, Scots: Week]) is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Memorialised at  Wellington Farm School