Frederick Harold Tubb
Lieutenant, 7th Battalion * Australian Imperial Force
- Register No.
- 1234 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lieutenant all Lieutenants →
- Unit
- 7th Battalion * Australian Imperial Force (register: 7th Battalion, AIF) all AIF VCs →
- Date of action
- 9 August 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 15th October 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Born
- 28th November 1881 at St Helena, Longwood, Victoria, Australia
- Died
- in action on 20th September 1917 at Polygon Wood, Ypres,
- Memorial / grave
- at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
- Medal held by
- the Australian War Memorial, Canberra,
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
TUBB, Frederick Harold. (reg No. 1234).
Lieutenant. 7th Battalion * Australian Imperial Force.
London Gazetted on 15th October 1915.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia.
Born on 28th November 1881 at St Helena, Longwood, Victoria, Australia.
Killed in action on 20th September 1917 at Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium.
Memorial on grave at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Also commemorated at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia.
Digest of Citation reads: On 8th August 1915 in the Lone Pine trenches on the Gallipoli peninsula, the enemy made a determined counter-attack on the newly captured trench held by Lieutenant Tubb. The enemy advanced of the sap, blowing up a sandbag barricade leaving just one foot of its standing. Lieutenant Tubb and his men repulsed the attack and rebuilt the barricade under the support of a strong bombing party. One each occasion Lieutenant Tubb, although wounded in both the hand and arm, held his ground with great coolness and courage. He finally succeeded in maintaining his position under very heavy bomb fire.
* Victoria.
Additional information:. Major Tubb was the son of Harry and Emma (née Abbott) Tubb. His parents were English, his father being born in Hampshire and his mother in Wiltshire. They came from an old Cornish family. St Neots Church had a window put in by his ancestors in 1620. Their name is spelt Tubbe in an old Cornish book. More research required.
Alf's notes on his life
Also commemorated at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia. Digest of Citation reads: On 8th August 1915 in the Lone Pine trenches on the Gallipoli peninsula, the enemy made a determined counter-attack on the newly captured trench held by Lieutenant Tubb. The enemy advanced of the sap, blowing up a sandbag barricade leaving just one foot of its standing. Lieutenant Tubb and his men repulsed the attack and rebuilt the barricade under the support of a strong bombing party. One each occasion Lieutenant Tubb, although wounded in both the hand and arm, held his ground with great coolness and courage. He finally succeeded in maintaining his position under very heavy bomb fire.
Additional information
Major Tubb was the son of Harry and Emma (née Abbott) Tubb. His parents were English, his father being born in Hampshire and his mother in Wiltshire. They came from an old Cornish family. St Neots Church had a window put in by his ancestors in 1620. Their name is spelt Tubbe in an old Cornish book. More research required.
* Victoria.
Australia.
Belgium.
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Alf recorded the memorial as: at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
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