Stephen Gordon NIXON
Stephen Gordon NIXON
AKA Watergate, Nixo, Nicko
Late of Casino, NSW
NSW Goulburn Police Academy Class # 227
New South Wales Police Force
Uniform # 3998
ProCst # 98464
Regd. # 23842
Rank: Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Wednesday 1 April 1987 ( aged 22 years, 2 months, 2 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 26 June 1987 ( aged 22 years, 5 months, 23 days )
Constable – appointed 26 June 1988
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank = Leading Senior Constable
Stations: ?, Casino Traffic & Highway Patrol Command – Death
Service: From 1 April 1987 to 24 November 2019 = 32 years, 7 months, 23 days Service
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours
Born: Sunday 3 January 1965
Died on: Sunday 24 November 2019 pre 7.30pm
Age: 54 yrs 10 mths 21 days
Cause: Suicide – PTSD
Event location: ?
Event date: Sunday 24 November 2019
Funeral date: TBA
Funeral location: TBA
Funeral Parlour: TBA
Buried at: Cremated – Ashes buried
Ashes: Partly spread between his mum ( Peggy ) and dads ( Gordon ) graves – Section D, Row H, Plot 45 – Casino Cemetery, West St, Casino, NSW
Memorial located at: Garden area of Casino HWP Office, NSW
STEVEN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * BUT SHOULD BE
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
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May they forever Rest In Peace
Sincere sympathy to Julie and their 3 children.
Knew Nicko for many years before I retired from NSWP at Casino station. I had pleasure of knowing him and Julie and the children for many years. He was one of the better people in this world. Rest in peace.
So so so sad he must have felt so alone to not be able to reach out may you rest easy brother
Just remember everyone that your not immune to the black dog keep talking out about your struggles it’s nothing to be ashamed about and those who judge have never walked a mile in PTSD or depression shoes it’s a constant battle you fight every day and when ppl hurt you it sends you into a deeper hole U feel U will never get out of this is why I teach my kids to be kind no matter what because it only takes a nasty action to push someone over the edge .
Mental health services are the lowest funded service in Australia there needs to be more resources
I met Steve, Julie and their children on a Lightning Ridge Police Bush Safari, he was always smiling and very helpful. Steve came on another safari trip to Cape York with some colleagues and his son. Very sad RIP Steve.
Met Steve while renewing my forklift license. He Ran the ” all wheels ” driving school in Casino. Could have taught him instead lol. He called me ‘ speedy Gonzales ‘ while carrying a load in reverse at full throttle around his prearranged witches hats. Naturally I passed, but I fucked up the paperwork lol. So Steve called me early on a Saturday morning. I had my 6 year old Rory for my allotted weekend. Steve called “‘ hey Luke, are you home?”.
” Yes Steve “.
So he rocks up 5 mins later in his Superman suit and NSW HWP car. So he’s ( wirelessly) giving me a ‘ unique student identifier ‘? number with his wireless device. (HWP cars are a little bit mystical lol). Then he says- ‘ hey Luke, if I’d known you back then (2017), I might have been able to help you ‘. I simply replied that nobody does anyway.
So while me and Steve are talking, young Rory is trying to pick the stickers/ decals off Steve’s cop car lol.
‘ Hey Rory. Please don’t do that. Steve might get cranky ‘. Rory stopped. Steve laughed. It’s basic stuff like that I remember. Poor Steve.
So Sad many a time he backed me up in Nimbin.
Let’s start another wall of remembrance
For those who die as a result of job.
Steve worked for me at the Highway Patrol, then the Northern Rivers HWP.
He was based at Casino and was a thorough gentleman.
Given any task he would carry it out and always let me know what the result was.
Far too young for this tragedy to have happened. What a shame that he could not have confided in someone, he had many, many friends who would have helped him if they had know.
To Julie and family, our deepest condolences.
Mary and Peter Allott