Frederick Richard (Scotty) SAMPSON

SAMPSON, Frederick Richard

Service Number: 417520
Enlisted: 23 May 1942
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 78 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Port Pirie, SA, 21 November 1914
Home Town: Whyalla (Formerly Hummock's Hill), Whyalla, South Australia
Schooling: Pirie High School
Occupation: BHP Whyalla
Died: Flying Battle, France, 27 April 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Clichy Northern Cemetery, France
16 8 8 , Clichy Northern Cemetery, Clichy, Ile-de-France, France
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Whyalla BHP Employees War Memorial, Whyalla Memorial Wall, Whyalla Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

23 May 1942: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 417520
23 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417520, No. 78 Squadron (RAAF), Adelaide
23 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417520
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick and Mabel Lucy Sampson of Port Pirie, South Australia.

F -Sgt. Frederick Richard ("Scotty") Sampson, 29, who was previously reported missing in air operations over Paris on April 27 is now reported by the German authorities through Geneva Red Cross to have lost his life on that date. P-Sgt. Sampson was wireless operator on a Halifax bomber. He was the youngest son of Mrs. M. L. Sampson, of Alfred street, Howetown, Port Pirie, and the late Mr. Fred Sampson, a South African War and Gallipoli veteran. Educated at the Pirie High School, he was a skilled swimmer and diver, a member of the Pirie Motor Cycle Club and the Pirie West Homing Club. At the time of his enlistment he was employed by the BHP at Whyalla He was secretary of the Whyalla Homing Society.

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