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SAMPSON, Percy Frederick
| Service Numbers: | 1299, 209 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Alexandra, Victoria, Australia, July 1880 |
| Home Town: | Alexandra, Murrindindi, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1299, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
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World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 209, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 209, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 209, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 6 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 209, 27th Infantry Battalion, To England Due To Sickness | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 209, 27th Infantry Battalion, Due To Medical Unfitness | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 209, 27th Infantry Battalion |
Boer War Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 1299, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
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Returned to Australia 8 May 1916
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Percy Frederick Sampson was born sometime during July 1880 in Alexandra, Victoria, Australia. As he grew up, he first became a soldier for the 5th Victorian mounted rifles in 1899, although eventually he retired as a soldier and became a store clerk. Percy was going to war at the age of 35. His wife and partner was Elenor Mabel Sampson and with her he had two children and their names were Ruth Mabel Sampson and Joyce Mary Sampson.
Life on The Western Front
He signed up for war on the 11th of February 1915 using the attestation papers that were standard issue for people wanting to participate in war. The role that Percy had in the war was that he was an infantry soldier, meaning he was almost always on the front line of the battles that were fought on the western front in World War 1.
He was admitted to hospital on the 29/9/1915 for influenza and four days later found to have enteritis, which is an inflammation of the bowels, he embarked for England for the hospital treatment that he needed. After three months of being in hospital he was discharged from the AIF due to medical unfitness.
The medals that my soldier won are called the 1914/15 Star Medal, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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