John William Dixon

Trooper

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of the late Mrs. C. Dixon, of Dunedin.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

“A soldier named John William Dixon, of D Squadron, 9th Reinforcements, committed suicide in Trentham Hospital on New Year's morning. Dixon, who was about 35 years of age, had an apoplectic fit some days ago, and was sent into hospital. At about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the hospital orderly went to get Dixon a cup of coffee, and on returning some minutes later found that Dixon had hanged himself in the ward room, being then quite dead. At the inquest held yesterday, the Coroner returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide by hanging whilst of temporarily unsound mind, no blame being attachable to anyone. Deceased came from Dunedin.” [Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 1, 3 January 1916, Page 8]

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Casualty

Service Number:

9/1826

Name:

John William Dixon

Rank:

Trooper

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Catherine Dixon (mother), 146 George Street, Dunedin, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Timaru, New Zealand

Unit:

New Zealand Training Unit

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Suicide

Date of Death:

01 January 1916

Day of Death:

Saturday

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

7th Reinforcements

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

09 October 1915

Transport:

HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34

Vessel:

Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Dunedin (Anderson's Bay) Cemetery

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand