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PUGH, Arthur John
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 966, V92145A |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birregurra, Victoria, Australia, 17 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Birregurra, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Birregurra, Victoria, Australia, 31 October 1966, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warncoort Public Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Plot: WNC-RC-09-807-021 |
| Memorials: | Birregurra & District Residents Roll of Honor, Birregurra State School Roll of Honor, Birregurra War Memorial, Yeodene Yeo District Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 966, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 966, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V92145A |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
During WW1, Arthur Pugh fought in Belgium and in France. In Belgium he received a bullet wound to his back in October 1917. In France he suffered shrapnel wounds to his abdomen, right arm and left eye in April 1918.
While recovering in England he met and later married [in December 1918] Edith Winifred Smith. Their first child, and only son, John, was born in Sussex. Arthur returned to Australia and was discharged in mid-May 1920.