George Pugh (rugby union)

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]

• 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

• George Pugh at Find a Grave

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