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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Jack" John Samuel CAMPBELL

Born 1904 in Day Dawn, Western Australia [15]
Son of Donald CAMPBELL and Harriet CLARKSON [15]
Arrived in Carnamah in March 1925 and shortly thereafter opened up a motor garage [9: 3-Apr-1925]
     Motor Mechanic in Carnamah in 1925 and 1926 [9: 3-Apr-1925, 2-Apr-1926]
     Attended the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday evening 6 August 1925 [9: 21-Aug-1925]
     In March 1926 he sold his garage in Carnamah to Messrs MANNERS & LEAKE [9: 2-Apr-1926]
Proprietor of the Three Springs Motor Garage in Three Springs in 1926 and 1927 [4: 7-Aug-1926] [6]
     At his garage he performed all repairs to cars, trucks and tractors [4: 7-Aug-1926]
     Advertised his business in The Irwin Index newspaper, including its inaugural edition of 7 August 1926 [4]
     His premises had "J. S. Campbell" in smaller letters and then "Garage" in larger letters above its verandah [4: 4-Jun-1927]
     Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1927 [4: 7-May-1927]
     Played the 'bride' in an amusing mock wedding at a Methodist Church fundraiser in Three Springs on 25 March 1927 [9: 1-Apr-1927]
     Returned to Three Springs in early June 1927 after spending a week in Perth [4: 11-Jun-1927]
By 1928 he had left Three Springs, was working as a motor mechanic and living at 311 Lord Street in Perth [50]
Motor Mechanic in Meekatharra in 1931-1937 [50]
Married Beryl May LEVISTON in Meekatharra in 1933 [15]
Worked as a Water Borer and lived on Riley Road in the Perth suburb of Rivertson in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Lathlain [2]
Died 16 March 1983; ashes interred at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden 29, 101) [2]
Also known as Samuel John CAMPBELL [2] [15] [50]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Samuel Campbell' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-samuel-campbell [reference list]




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