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PUGH, Horace Victor
| Service Number: | 153 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 153, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 153, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 153, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 153, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 153, 43rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW buttocks |
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Before War:
Horace Victor Pugh was born in London in approximately 1897 but by the time he enlisted was living with his mother in Mile End in Adelaide. He enlisted at the age of 18, and the medical examination showed he was 5' 7" tall, 62kg, with brown eyes, darker hair and a moderate complexion. He gave his religion as C of E.
During the war
Horace enlisted on the 4th of January 1916 in Adelaide, South Australia. He embraced on the 9th of June 1916 at Adelaide, South Australia. The ship he took was the HMAT A19 AFRIC. He was mostly moving around in 1916, which means he did quite a lot of training with his battalion. He most likely did different exercises such as Physical exercises so that he could keep up with the battalion and wouldn’t get exhausted in battle, he was also probably taught how to use different equipment such as weapons since he might not have had a lot of experience with them, and he also probably learned how to follow commands. In November he went with his battalion to the western front where they spent the first half of 1917 in trench warfare in Flanders. But Victor got sick in late January and he didn’t return to combat until June. But on July 31st he was wounded in the leg and was taken out of the battle for a considerable amount of time. He re-joined the battalion later in December of 1917.
Horace was wounded for the second time on 14th April 1918, this time in the buttocks. After treatment in England the wound was classified as severe enough that he was returned to Australia for medical discharge in late July.
After the war
Victor left the army early because he was wounded quite badly in a buttock. Because of this, he returned to his home in Australia. Nothing is known about what he did afterward. The medals he got were the British war medal and the victory medal. The British war medal was awarded to them because they fought with/for Britain and the Victory medal was given to them because they won against the central powers.