Frederick Harold Tubb

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Frederick Harold Tubb
28 November 1881 – 20 September 1917 (aged 35)
Captain Frederick Tubb
Place of birth	Longwood, Victoria
Place of death	Passchendaele, Belgium
Resting place	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Allegiance	Commonwealth of Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1900 – 1917
Rank	Major
Battles/wars	First World War Gallipoli Campaign Battle of Lone Pine Western Front Battle of Passchendaele
Awards	Victoria Cross

Frederick Harold Tubb VC (28 November 1881 – 20 September 1917) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Citation
2 The Medal
3 References

Biography

Tubb was born on 28 November 1881 to Harry and Emma E. Tubb, of St. Helena, Longwood East, Victoria, Australia.

He was 33 years old, and a lieutenant in the 7th Battalion (Victoria), Australian Imperial Force during the First World War was awarded the VC for his actions on 9 August 1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey. Lieutenant Tubb held a newly captured trench which was being counter-attacked by the enemy, who blew in a sand-bag barricade, leaving only a foot of it standing. Tubb led his men back, repulsed the enemy and rebuilt the barricade. Twice more the enemy blew in the barricade, but on each occasion this officer, although wounded in the head and arm, held his ground and assisted by corporals Alexander Stewart Burton and William Dunstan, rebuilt it, and maintained the position under heavy bombardment.

Citation

For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty at Lone Pine trenches, in the Gallipoli Peninsula, on 9th August, 1915. In the early morning the enemy made a determined counter attack on the centre of the newly captured trench held by Lieutenant Tubb. They advanced up a sap and blew in a sandbag barricade, leaving only one foot of it standing, but Lieutenant Tubb led his men back, repulsed the enemy, and rebuilt the barricade. Supported by strong bombing parties, the enemy succeeded in twice again blowing in the barricade, but on each occasion Lieutenant Tubb, although wounded in the head and arm, held his ground with the greatest coolness and rebuilt it, and finally succeeded in maintaining his position under very heavy bomb fire.
—The London Gazette, No. 29328 15 October 1915

Tubb’s grave at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XIX, row C, grave 5.

He later achieved the rank of major and died of wounds suffered in battle at Polygon Wood, Third Battle of Ypres, France, on 20 September 1917. In this action Major Tubb was serving with 7th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Australian Division when he was shot by a German sniper. While being carried to the rear he was struck by British artillery shells. He died at the dressing station at Lijssenthoek and was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

The Medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia along with the eight other Australian Gallipoli VCs.

References

Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
VCs of the First World War - Gallipoli (Stephen Snelling, 1995)

^ ^a ^b Tubb, Frederick Harold, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Categories: 1881 births | 1917 deaths | Australian Gallipoli Campaign recipients of the Victoria Cross | Australian Army officers | Australian military personnel killed in World War I

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