He was fighting the Germans in North Africa, Greece and Crete and knew that, were he captured he would not be treated as a Prisoner of War.

Phyl Cullen died on 22 October 2011 in Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, aged 100 years.

He had been articled for six months at that time and had become an architectural photographer taking many notable images of Launceston buildings.

[13] In 1919 he partnered with Harold Minton Taylor, a solicitor, and purchased 'Rosebank House', Darlinghurst, and adjoining land.

[14] They demolished the original house and constructed several apartment blocks, including Upton Court in Forbes Street.

Sampson worked with other architects early in his career including Herbert Dennis,[17] Robertson & Marks and Nixon & Adam.

After designing the stadium for Hugh D. McIntosh he worked on his home, Belhaven in Bellevue Hill, and on investment properties for him.

[20] It was one of three substantial homes, on the northern and high point of the street, that had tennis courts and orchards.

After his daughter's marriage into the Cohen family Sampson worked for them designing houses in Woollahra and office buildings in Sydney.