Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tipu ake ia i tētahi pāmu i Utskarpen i Rana, ā, i whiwhi ia i tana mātauranga hōia i Harstad i te Kura Whakangungu Kaiwhakahaere o te Rōpū 6 o Norway. Ko ia te rangatira o te kaitiaki i te wa i whakaekehia ai a Norway e Tiamana i te 9 o Aperira 1940. I whakahaua tona hoia ki te whawhai ki te pakarutanga o te
Te pakanga ki Narvik. I whawhai tuatahi a Bratland i te Pakanga o Gratangen. I te marama e whai ake nei i tohaina ia ki Bodø, i whara ai ia i te whakaekenga rererangi a Tiamana. I rere ia ki Ingarangi ma Sweden i te 1942, ana i muri mai ka tukuna ki te ope taua o Ingarangi, i te 4 o nga Battalion o te King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Ka mahi ia i Normandy, ka tae mai i te 13 o Pipiri 1944. I whara ia i te Pakanga mo Caen, engari i hoki wawe mai ki te papa. I te 22 o Hepetema 1944, i te wa e whiti ana i nga awa nui i te Netherlands, i arahi a Bratland i tetahi whakaeke pluton i te taha o Asten, i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te Karauna hoia. I a ia e whakatata atu ana ki Tiamana, i arahi ia i tētahi kamupene. Heoi i whara kino ia i te 5 o Paenga-whawha 1945, ka noho ki te hohipera tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga. I whakawhiwhia hoki a Bratland ki te Tohu a St. Olav me te Oak Branch me te Tohu Parenga tae atu ki te Tohu Pakanga o Ingarangi 1939<unk>1945 me te Tohu Parenga. I tohua ia hei Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur i te 1980.