Informal portrait of 3265 Corporal (Cpl) John Henry Hitchens Sampson, 27th Battalion, of Unley, ...

Informal portrait of 3265 Corporal (Cpl) John Henry Hitchens Sampson, 27th Battalion, of Unley, SA. A clerk prior to enlisting in August 1917, he embarked from Adelaide with the 27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement on board HMAT Medic on 12 January 1916. They arrived at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt in April 1916. Private Sampson returned to England and in May became the Acting Sergeant, then Lance Sergeant, to the 7th Training Battalion. He was also a member of the bugle band. He reverted to Acting Corporal in December 1916 and was promoted to Corporal in January 1917. He proceeded to France in March 1917 and rejoined the 27th Battalion on 18 March 1917. On 5 May 1917 Corporal Sampson died of wounds received in action at Bullecourt, France. He was 21 years of age.