Marmaduke George Nixon
I mate atu i te 27 May 1864
- Nama Hōia
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Militia AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
- Pakanga
- Regular Military Service AWMM
- New Zealand Wars AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Marmaduke George AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Nixon AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
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- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- Valetta AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
- Local Government/Civilian AWMM
Member of the House of Representatives for Franklin, 1861-1864 AWMM - Uri kiritahi
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- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
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Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Regular Military Service AWMM
- New Zealand Wars AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Battle of Maharajpore AWMM
- 1860-1861 AWMM Taranaki War 1860-1861 AWMM
- Pukekohe East (14 September 1863) AWMM
- Rangiaowhia (21 February 1864) AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Militia AWMM
- Nama Hōia
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- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Coorg Campaign, 1833 AWMM
- Maharajpur conflict, 1843 AWMM
- Auckland Militia AWMM
- Royal Volunteer Calvalry AWMM
- Colonial Defence Force Calvalry AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- Royal Military College, Sandhurst AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- Pre WW1 1831 AWMM
- Pre WW1 1860 AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- Pre WW1 Vessel was Cresswell AWMM Ensign/Military AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, New Zealand Wars AWMM
Wounded 21 February 1864 near Te Awamutu AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, New Zealand Wars AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Date of birth 1813 or 1814
Son of Henry Nixon, an army officer, and Elizabeth Browne.
After serving in the 39th (Dorset's) Regiment of Foot in India, he retired from service in 1851 and emigrated to New Zealand, where he purchased a farm at Tautauroa, near Mangere.
He was a member of the House of Representatives
When the First Taranaki War broke out in 1860, Nixon resumed his military career by joining the Auckland Militia and the Royal Volunteer Calvalry as a Lieutenant-Colonel.
On 21 February, during the attack on a Maori supply base at Rangiawhia, Nixon was shot in the chest. He died of these wounds several months later.
Cemetery records from Auckland City Libraries appear to be incorrect. The Monument in his honour at the junction of Great South and Mangere Roads, has a note on the bottom of the transferred headstone stating "remains transferred to this site 25 April 1968." AWMM - The piece about the Cemetery records appearing to be incorrect is true. I recall his remains being transferred to Otahuhu when the Symonds St Cemetery was cut across during motorway construction.
I have followed Major Nixons story closely over the years as my late father was born on a farm at the end of Nixon Road, Mangere, which had been owned by Major Nixon up to the time of his death.
Happy to be contacted if you wish.
Brian PotterPublic - Brian - Researcher - 18 August 2020 - personal recollection and family story
- Date of birth 1813 or 1814
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 27 May 1864 AWMM
Age 50 AWMM
Auckland AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Symonds Street Cemetery, 105 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Nixon Memorial, Great South Road, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Cowan, J. (1922). The New Zealand wars
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cow01NewZ.html
Sources Used - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Nixon Memorial, Otahuhu, Auckland.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/nixon-memorial-otahuhu
Further Reference - The inaugural ceremony. (1868, May 14). Daily Southern cross, p. 3.
http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DSC18680514.2.16.4&cl=&srpos=0&e=-------10--1----0WILLIAM+EDWARD+KNOWLES--
Further Reference - The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset, England. Biography.
http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/nixon.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=empire
Further Reference - New Zealand History online. War in Waikato.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/war-in-waikato
Further Reference
- Cowan, J. (1922). The New Zealand wars
- Ngā tuhinga
- Gudgeon, E.W. (1887). The defenders of New Zealand : being a short biography of colonists who distinguished themselves in upholding Her Majesty's supremacy in these islands. Auckland, N.Z.: H. Brett.
- Gudgeon, E.W. (1887). The defenders of New Zealand : being a short biography of colonists who distinguished themselves in upholding Her Majesty's supremacy in these islands. Auckland, N.Z.: H. Brett.
Gudgeon, E.W. (1887).. pp. 156-158. - Oliver, W.H. (Ed.) (1990). The Dictionary of New Zealand biography. 1769-1869 (Vol. 1). Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Department of Internal Affairs.
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. 1, pp. 319-320. - Information kindly provided by family
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