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SAMPSON, Victor Horatio Buller

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	14 August 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Upper Manilla, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1888
Home Town:	Bringelly, Liverpool, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School & Tamworth Grammar, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot 1V, Row C, Grave No 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

14 Aug 1914:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, German New Guinea, Member of Australian Garrison Artillery where he became 2nd Lt from 1910 to 1914. Joined First Expeditionary Force to leave Australia to PNG & 2nd in charge of H company. Their service was to seize German wireless stations in German New Guinea.
14 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
7 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 19th Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Major awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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