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Mjr. Frederick Harold Tubb VC.
Australian Imperial Force 7th Btn. Australian Infantry
from:Victoria, Australia
(d.20th Sep 1917)
Frederick Tubb served with the 7th Battalion Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force during WW1. He died of wounds on the 20th September 1917 and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium. He was the son of Harry and Emma E. Tubb, of St. Helena, Longwood East, Victoria, Australia.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29328 dated 15th October 1915, records the following:- 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.
