15/08/1915- Completed Medical Examination Bunbury WA
18/08/1915-To 24 Depot Company Blackboy Hill WA as Private
14/09/1915-To 2nd Depot Battalion “C” Company Blackboy Hill
16/10/1915-To 16th Battalion 12th Reinforcements Blackboy Hill
15/01/1916- To Overseas Base Depot Egypt ex Australia
7/03/1916-Joined 16th Battalion in the field Tel-El-Kebir Egypt
9/06/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex. Alexandria
20/06/1916-Admitted 18th General Hospital Camiers France ( Tuberculosis of Lung ) ex 5 Aust Field Ambulance ex 8 Casualty Clearing Station
23/06/1916-To No. 1 Convalescent Depot Boulogne France
7/09/1916-Admitted Gilrose Hospital Leicester England ( Chest Trouble )
14/10/1916-Discharged fro Hospital for Return to Australia
16/10/1916-Embarked Southampton for Australia per “Karoola” ( Pulmonary
25/11/1916-Died on Board “Karoola” shortly after ship anchored in Fremantle Harbour ( 6.20 P.M ) – Nisbett rapidly Lost Condition towards end of Voyage-( Phthisis- Pulmonary Tuberculosis )
Service Medals Awarded
British War Medal – No. 27519
Victory Medal – No. 27341
Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 597370
Memorial Inscriptions
Australian War Memorial Canberra – Panel No. 80
Bunbury War Memorial, Western Australia
Burial Details
Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia – Roman Catholic Section, Lot CC, Grave No. 612.

