John Samson

1882-1939

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21424

Born in Scotland

30 April 1882

Residence

Hometown

New Plymouth

Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Ogill, Waitara

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 56

5 March 1939

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 111/0101545, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 42.

Anthony Byledbal, “John Samson (1882-1939)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/754