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.