John Vernon Argentine Samson (1883 - 1945)

Ancestors

Biography

John Vernon Arge Samson was born in 1883 in Omeo, Victoria (Australia). He was the second son of Henry Samson and his wife Mary (nee Savage). The family soon after moved to Beechworth, Victoria.

In World War I, Gunner John Vernon Samson enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on the 17th of October 1916. His Next of Kin was listed as his mother, Mrs H Samson of 72 Gipps Street, East Melbourne, Victoria. Gunner John Samson was assigned to the Field Artillery Brigade, March 1917 Reinforcements and this unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917. Later Lance Corporal John Samson served with the 3rd Divisional Signal Company and returned to Australia on the 19th of October 1918.

John Vernon Samson seems to have been married twice in Victoria Australia:

• In 1910 to Fannie Scott, but the marriage seems to be over by the time John enlisted onto the AIF in 1916.
• Then in 1920 to Ethel Phoebe Hall.

John Vernon Argentine passed away in July 1945 at or about Ocean Grove in Victoria, Australia. He was Cremated and his remains scattered at the Fawkner Memorial Park, in Fawkner, Victoria Australia.

Sources

• Birth: Digger Victorian Pioneer index cdrom; F= Henry Augustus, M= Mary Elle Savage

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages. MARRIAGE: SAMSON, Jno Vernon - event: Marriage - spouse: SCOTT, Fannie - registration no. 1910 - registration no. 7042/1910. first accessed online on the 5th of November, 2023 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages. MARRIAGE: SAMSON, Jno Vernon - event: Marriage - spouse: HALL, Ethel Phoebe - registration year: 1920 registration no. 13663/1920. first accessed online on the 5th of November, 2023 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• NAA: B2455, SAMSON JOHN VERNON his First World War Attestation/Enlistment papers. © National Archives of Australia 2023. first accessed online on the 5th of November, 2023.

• John Vernon SAMSON from the AIF PROJECT website first accessed online on the 5th of November, 2023.

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages. DEATH: SAMSON, John Vernon Argentine - event: Death - mother: <Unknown Family Name>, Helen Mary SAVAGE - father: SAMSON, Henry - place of birth: OMEO - place of death: OCEAN GROVE - spouse at death: <Unknown Family Name> - age at death: 61 - registration year: 1945 - registration no. 20518/1945. first accessed online on the 5th of November, 2023 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 November 2023), memorial page for John Vernon Argentine Samson (1883–31 Jul 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #217942396, citing Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Merri-bek City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by R and J (contributor 48362636). (note there is no gravestone photograph as yet)

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 November 2023), memorial page for John Vernon Argentine Samson (unknown–2 Aug 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #243974600, citing Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Merri-bek City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).