Born: 18 March 1878
Died: 7 July 1918
Served with the 13th Battalion. He died of wounds on 7 July 1918 at the 5th Casualty Clearing Station located at Crouy-sur-Somme after being wounded in action during the successful attack by the 4th Brigade on Vaire Wood near Hamel, on 4 July 1918.
A photograph of his grave marker is held by the Australian War Memorial. The following is the accompanying description:
Grave marker of Lieutenant (Lt) George Nugent, 13th Battalion. Nugent, of Queanbeyan, Nsw, was a teacher prior to enlistment as a second Lieutenant on 16 February 1916. He had served 14 years in the Citizens' Military Forces, and spent one and a half years in the South African War where he won the Queen's Medal. He embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides (A14) on 9 September 1916 with the 20th Reinforcements. He served on the Western Front and was promoted to Lieutenant (Lt) on 18 April 1917. Lt Nugent died of wounds on 7 July 1918, aged 40. He is buried at the Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, France. His brother 60266 Private William Guildford Nugent, 1st Battalion returned to Australia on 19 August 1919.
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