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 ft 11 in (180 cm) [2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) lock [1] International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1912 [1] Wallabies 1 [1] (0 [1])

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. ^[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 United States

References

External links

• George Pugh at Find a Grave

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