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NIXON, William
(Service number 6/113 or 6/113A)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	17 July 1886	Place of Birth	Fairlie

Enlistment Information

Date	(1) 17 August 1914; (2) 2 January 1919	Age	(1) 28 years
Address at Enlistment	Riccarton
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience	(2) Main Body, N.Z.E.F (Demobilized)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John NIXON, 131 Riccarton Road, Christchurch
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	(1) Height 6 feet 1 inch. Weight 180 lbs. Chest measurement 33½-38½ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes green. Sight, hearing & colour vision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. Small stain mark on left flank & similar stain to the above right of naval. (2) Height 6 feet 1 inch. Weight 190 lbs. Chest measurement 37-40 inches.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Auckland Infantry

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Balkan (Gallipoli); Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	13 December 1918	Reason	On termination of period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	23 November 1962	Age	76 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Nixon was the third son of Irish born John Nixon and his Scottish wife, Agnes née Currie.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 April 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0086791) [23 April 2017], NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 April 2017]; School Admission Records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [18 April 2017]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [23 April 2017]

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