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Edward James NISBETT

Regimental number3966
Place of birthNorham on Tweed, England
SchoolChathill School, Northumberland, England
Other trainingServed in the Cadets, Bunbury, WA
Age on arrival in Australia14
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressJarrah Street, South Bunbury, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Nesbitt, Jarrah Street, South Bunbury, Western Australia
Enlistment date18 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 22 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe took part in the march of a company of Cadets to Perth, WA under Captain O'Donnell in 1912. Died in Fremantle Harbour on board the hospital ship.
FateReturned to Australia 16 October 1916
Age at death20.2
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialFremantle Cemetery (Roman Catholic Portion, Plot C C, Grave No. 612), Fremantle, Western Australia
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
80
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Mrs. Alice NISBETT, South Bunbury, Western Australia

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