"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]}

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