George Pugh (rugby union) explained

George Pugh
Birth Name:George Harold Pugh[1]
Birth Date:16 January 1890[2]
Birth Place:Glebe, New South Wales
Death Date:5 September 1916 (aged 26)
Death Place:France[3]
Height:5'11"
Ru Position:lock
Repyears1:1912
Repteam1:Wallabies
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Lt. George Harold Pugh (16 January 1890 – 5 September 1916) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Pugh, a lock, was born in Glebe, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.[4]

Pugh enlisted in the British army in 1912 and trained for six weeks in Liverpool, and joined the Liverpool Regiment as a second lieutenant. He joined the Australian Expeditionary Force in 1915.[2] He was killed in action in the First World War while serving with the 4th Battalion of the Australian Infantry. He is buried at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground in Ypres.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scrum.com player profile of George Pugh. Scrum.com. 12 July 2010.
  2. Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
  3. Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1837-2003
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239177493 Australian Rugby Team (Touring America), 1912, The Daily Telegraph, (Wednesday, 18 September 1912), p.15.