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Name	Mervyn Francis Nixon
Born	1923 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia
Died	13 September, 1993 (aged ~ 70) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation *	Rugby League player (1941-1956) New South Wales, Australia fitter and turner (1943-1960) New South Wales, Australia Rugby Union coach (1946-1958) New South Wales, Australia dockyard worker (1954-1960) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1959-1987) New South Wales, Australia communist (1960-1993) New South Wales, Australia communist party organiser (1980-1987) Federal, Australia
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1989)
Key Organisations *	Balmain Rugby League club (NSW) (player, ?-?) Trade Union Training Authority (member, ?-?) Waterside Workers' Federation (NSW) (organiser, ?-1960) Waterside Workers' Federation (NSW) (member, 1954-1960) Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia (NSW) (organiser, 1960-?) South Coast Labor Council (NSW) (secretary, 1969-1987) New South Wales Teachers Federation (life member, 1981-1993)
Political Activism *	anti-nuclear activist Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1960-1987)

* Dates are approximate

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