Charles William Henry Chilcott Bremner (25 March 1879 – 4 November 1961) was a New Zealand

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player who won a gold medal in the men's fours at the

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. He also won four national lawn bowls titles.

Biography

Born in

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on 25 March 1879, Bremner was the son of Mary Ann and George Goddard Bremner. He was educated in Dunedin, but spent much of his life in

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, before moving to

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. He was a land agent and architect. On 26 December 1902, Bremner married Alice Genevieve McLachlan, and they had two children. Bremner won four New Zealand national bowls championship titles, representing the West End Bowling Club from Auckland: the men's fours in 1924 and 1929; and the men's pairs in 1932 and 1940. At the

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, Bremner was the skip the men's four—with Ernie Jury, Alec Robertson and Bill Whittaker—that won the gold medal. Bremner died in Auckland on 4 November 1961, having been predeceased by his wife in 1949. He was buried at Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland.

References

1879 births 1961 deaths Sportspeople from Dunedin New Zealand male bowls players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Bowls players at the 1938 British Empire Games Burials at Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls {{NewZealand-bowls-bio-stub