Margaret (Madge) NISBET

NISBET, Margaret

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 1 May 1917
Last Rank: Sister
Last Unit: Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born: Armadale, Melbourne Victoria, 1891
Home Town: Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Nurse
Died: Forbes, New South Wales, 31 December 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Bena Cemetery
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World War 1 Service

1 May 1917: Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
9 May 1917: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on HMAT 'A38' Ulysses from Sydney on 9th May 1917, disembarking Plymouth, England on 29th July 1917.
18 Aug 1917: Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Reported for duty with Croydon War Hospital ex Hotel York.
31 Jan 1918: Transferred Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Reported for duty at 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen France.
9 Jun 1919: Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
22 Nov 1919: Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Embarked on HMAT 'A67' Orsova from England on 22nd November 1919, disembarking Australia on 3rd January 1920.
24 Apr 1920: Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Daughter of James NISBET and Isabella Hope nee AITKEN of 14 Chatsworth Road, Prahan, Melbourne Victoria

Margaret Nisbet's name appeared in the results list of the examination held in November 1914, by the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses' Association

Married Percival Alick SHEPHARD (188 Trooper 12th Light Horse Regiment) in 1924