John Samson

1882-1939

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21424

About

Born in Scotland

30 April 1882
Live

Hometown

New Plymouth
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Ogill, Waitara
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 56

5 March 1939

Sources

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.

How to cite this page

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