George Pugh (rugby union)

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

George Pugh

Birth name	George Harold Pugh[1]
Date of birth	16 January 1890[2][1]
Place of birth	Glebe, New South Wales[1]
Date of death	5 September 1916 (aged 26)[3]
Place of death	France[4]
Height	5'11"[2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) lock[1] National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1912[1] Wallabies 1[1] (0[1])

Pugh, a lock, was born in Glebe, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.[5]

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.[3]

See also

• List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War
• 1912 Australia rugby union tour of Canada and the U.S.

References

1. "Scrum.com player profile of George Pugh". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
3. "Casualty Details: George Harold Pugh". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
4. Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1837-2003
5. Australian Rugby Team (Touring America), 1912, The Daily Telegraph, (Wednesday, 18 September 1912), p.15.

External links

• George Pugh at Find a Grave