Clifton Ernest Pugh (1924 - 1990)

Born 17 Dec 1924 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died 14 Oct 1990 at age 65 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Clifton Pugh is Notable.

Clifton Ernest Pugh was born on 17 December 1924^[1] at Richmond, Melbourne, to Thomas Owen Pugh and his wife, Violet Ogden, née Cooke.

Clifton enlisted in the Australian Army during World War 2. He was in South Australia in 1943 and his next of kin was his mother. He was discharged in 1947 as a private.^[1]

Clifton Pugh married three times: to June Byford, Marlene Harvey and Judith Ley. He had two sons with Marlene, Shane and Dailan.

Pugh was an Australian artist and three-time winner of Australia's Archibald Prize. Clifton Pugh was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1985 for service to Australian Art

Pugh died on 14 October 1990 at Prahran, Melbourne.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Department Veterans Affair's Nominal Rolls - listing for PUGH, CLIFTON ERNEST, https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=692284&c=WW2#R

• Traudi Allen, 'Pugh, Clifton Ernest (1924–1990)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pugh-clifton-ernest-15045/text26242

• Wikipedia: Clifton Pugh

• Winner: Archibald Prize 1965: Clifton Pugh's RA Henderson, Esq oil on board/121.9 x 91.4 cm. from the Art Gallery of New South Wales website.