Alexander Nicholson (police officer)
Alexander Nicholson was an Australian police officer and Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1922 to 1925. Nicholson was Chief Commissioner at the time of the 1923 Victorian police strike.
Alexander Nicholson | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
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