Birth name | George Harold Pugh[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||||||||
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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]