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Service Number:	8980
Enlisted:	20 September 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 8 October 1891
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, 12 October 1962, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Church of England, Row NS, Grave 1200
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

20 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 8980, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
16 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 8980, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
16 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 8980, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne
21 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , At Zeiton
10 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 5th Field Artillery Brigade
2 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
8 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Colum
21 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 4th Field Artillery Brigade
12 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
6 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 8980, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Multiple shrapnel wounds. Invalided to England on 14 July 1918
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 8980, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 6th Military District as wounded

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Son of Charles Nisi and Elizabeth Nisi nee Higgins of Hobart, Tasmania.

Brother of William Nisi who returned to Australia on 31 December 1917 having served with the 52nd Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 28 November 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 5 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 10 March 1920 Harry married Emily Eilzabeth Ellen Rowell in Hobart, Tasmania