Preceded by Charles Grant Name Burford Sampson | Rank Colonel Role Australian Politician | |
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Born 30 March 1882
Launceston, Tasmania ( 1882-03-30 ) Allegiance United Kingdom
Australia Service/branch South African Constabulary
British South Africa Police
Australian Army Years of service 1901–1903
1903–1907
1907–1931
1940–1941 Commands 12th Battalion
15th Battalion Died June 5, 1959, Pennant Hills, Sydney, Australia Education Launceston Church Grammar School Books The Burford Sampson Great War Diary Political party Nationalist Party of Australia (1925–1931) Awards Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in dispatches Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I, World War II | ||
Burford Sampson DSO (30 March 1882 – 5 June 1959) was an Australian politician and soldier. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School before serving in the military 1899–1901, during the Second Boer War. He remained in Africa, serving with the Rhodesian Mountain Police and farming in South Africa. He returned to Tasmania in 1907 as a farmer. He served in World War I (1914–1918) and was at the landing at Gallipoli, before serving on the Western Front and briefly commanding the 15th Battalion during their final battle around Jeancourt in September 1918. After the war, he became a manager in Launceston. In 1925, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Nationalist Senator for Tasmania. He was defeated in 1937, but was re-elected in 1940. He was defeated again in 1946 as a Liberal. Sampson died in 1959.