Alexander Nicholson | |
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| 9th Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police | |
| In office 8 February 1922 – 10 August 1925 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governor | George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke |
| Preceded by | John Gellibrand |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Blamey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexander Nicholson c1863 |
| Died | 8 March 1928 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Police officer |
Alexander Nicholson was an Australian police officer and Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1922 to 1925.[1] Nicholson was Chief Commissioner at the time of the 1923 Victorian police strike.[2]
As a constable, Nicholson received a special stripe for valour for his role in an incident at a pub in Lake Wendouree, a suburb of Ballarat, in 1898. Armed only with a truncheon, Nicholson attempted to arrest a drunk armed with a revolver who had taken over the bar. Nicholson was shot at three times in the course of the arrest; all three bullets passed through his coat and one grazed his thumb.[3]
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