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Rugby player
George Pugh
Birth nameGeorge Harold Pugh
Date of birth16 January 1890
Place of birthGlebe, New South Wales
Date of death5 September 1916 (aged 26)
Place of deathFrance
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Rugby union career
Position(s) lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1912 Wallabies 1 (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.

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. 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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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.

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