<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Wakhulela epulazini e-Utskarpen eRana, futhi wathola imfundo yezempi eHarstad eSikoleni Sokuqeqesha Ama-Under-Officers saseNorway. Wayengu-sergeant lapho iNorway ihlaselwa yiJalimane ngo-9 Ephreli 1940. Ibutho lakhe layalwa ukuba lilwe lapho kugqashuka  <response>: Impi yaseNarvik. IBratland yalwa okokuqala eMpini yaseGratangen. Ngenyanga elandelayo wayehlala eBodø, lapho alimala khona ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa izindiza zaseJalimane. Wabalekela eNgilandi ngeSweden ngo-1942, futhi kamuva wathunyelwa eBrithani Army, e-4th Battalion of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. Wayezokhonza eNormandy, efika ngo-13 Juni 1944. Walimala eMpini yaseCaen, kodwa ngokushesha wabuyela enkundleni. Ngo-22 Septhemba 1944, ngesikhathi ewela imisele ebalulekile eNetherlands, uBratland wahola ukuhlaselwa kwe-platoon eduze ne-Asten, lapho anikezwa khona uMphambano Wezempi. Lapho esondela eJalimane, wayephethe inkampani. Kodwa-ke walimala kanzima ngo-Ephreli 5, 1945, futhi wahlala esibhedlela kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwempi. UBratland waphinde wanikezwa iMedali kaSt. Olav Enegatsha le-Oak kanye neMedali Yokuvikela kanye neMedali Yempi YaseBrithani 19391945 neMedali Yokuvikela. Wabekwa esikhundleni sokuba yiChevalier de la Légion dhonneur ngo-1980. 