War and Invention of The Nissen Hut
Nissen moved to England and worked there until he joined the British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War I. It was as a Captain in the Western Front, that Nissen invented his hut. He rose to the rank of Major with the 29th Company of the Royal Engineers.
Prior to the war, Nissen married Louisa Mair Richmond (1900) and returned briefly to Canada. In 1910 he moved to Witwatersrand, South Africa with his wife and daughter Betty and in 1913 he returned to Britain.
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