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* SENIOR-SERGEANT NIXON
(P.A.) WELLINGTON. August 22. Senior-Sergeant William James Nixon, who since 1914 has been largely responsible . for the production of the Police Gazette, died suddenly last night. He attended a Presbyterian Church function, but presumably because he felt unwell, left early for his home at Karori. When the bus reached the terminus, all the passengers except Sergeant Nixon left, and he was discovered sitting in a crouched position. It was later found that he was dead.
Born in Northern Ireland. Sergeant Nixon for some "time worked for a British railway company. In 1903 he went to Kimberley, South Africa, where he joined the municipal police force. Later he came to New Zealand, and after serving as an attendant at Porirua Mental Hospital, joined the Police Force in 1910. He served at Greymouth, Auckland, Wellington, and in 1914 transferred to the office of the Police Gazette. He was promoted sergeant in 1923 and senior-ser-geant in 1935. He leaves a wife, son, and daughter.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23415, 23 August 1941, Page 10
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