SAMPSON, Gordon Jeffrey
| Service Number: | 4264 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wirrabara, South Australia, Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Woodside, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4264, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4264, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 4264, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4264 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25 |
Gordon Jeffrey Sampson
Name: Gordon Jeffrey Sampson
Service Number: 4264
Place of Birth: Wirrabara
Date of Birth: 15 August 1885
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 12 August 1915
Age at Enlistment: 30 years
Next of Kin: Mother, Annie Sampson / Woodside
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private
Gordon left Adelaide on board HMAT Borda on 11 January 1916 and with the 10th Battalion was sent to France on 2 June. He suffered a wound to the right leg during action on 16 August, receiving treatment in the field and on 21 June at Western General Hospital in Manchester, England. Gordon transferred to the 70th Battalion on 25 March 1917 and returned to France with his unit to reinforce the 50th on 12 September. He was killed in action at Villers- Bretonneux on 25 April 1918. His mother, Annie, received his Victory Medal, Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll between November 1921 and March 1923.
Submitted 26 October 2023 by christopher collins