PUGH, Albert
| Service Number: | 3887 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, 2 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pit wheeler |
| Died: | Coal Fall in pit accident, Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, 28 November 1937, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Minmi Cemetery, New South Wales Right Hand Side, Section 17, Plot 067. |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3887, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3887, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3887, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 16 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3887, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, died tragically, resting at Minmi Cemetery.
On the 30th November 1934, Lance Corporal Albert Pugh, referred to as Bert, 3rd Battalion (Reg No-3887), pit wheeler from Main Street, Minmi, New South Wales and Maitland Road, Minmi, N.S.W., father of 4 sons, was laid to rest at Minmi Cemetery, age 37. Right Hand Side, Section 17, Plot 067.
Born at Minmi, New South Wales on the 2nd March 1897 to Cornelius, died 23.10.1936, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., age 74, buried at Kurri Kurri General Cemetery, from Main Street, Minmi, New South Wales and Lang Street, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., and Elizabeth Annie Pugh nee Fenton, president of the Minmi branch of the Red Cross Society, died 21.10.1946, Speers Point, N.S.W., age 80, mother of 4, ashes interred Newcastle Memorial Park, from Main Street, Minmi, New South Wales and Lang Street, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W. and Fairfax Road, Speers Point, N.S.W.; husband of Jemima Violet Eva Pugh nee Woods, married 1919, Minmi, N.S.W., re-married to George Arthur Wood 1953, Wallsend, N.S.W., Jemima died 18.11.1972, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 73, sleeping with Albert, Right Hand Side, Section 17, Plot 067. Bert enlisted on the 14th July 1915, age 18 years 4 months, at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A7 Medic on the 30th December 1915.
Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt 29.3.1916.
Wounded in action - 22/27.7.1916 (SW right knee, Battle of Pozieres), 18.9.1918 (GSW left femur or thigh bone, fracture, severe, Battle of the Hindenburg Outpost Line).
Granted leave to England from 14.8.1917 to 31.8.1917 and 18.3.1918 to 5.4.1918.
Appointed Lance Corporal 30.11.1917.
Invalided to England 23.9.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 23.3.1919.
Admitted to ship's hospital at sea from 11.4.1919 to 13.4.1919.
Bert arrived home on the 16th May 1919, discharged date not stated.
Mr. Pugh’s name has been inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour, and the Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Bert’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
The tragic circumstances of Bert’s death were reported.
Many thanks to Jeanette Park and Ros Cheetham for the notification.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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