Frederick Harold Tubb
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Frederick Harold Tubb 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.
He was 33 years old, and a lieutenant in the 7th Battalion (Victoria), Australian Imperial Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 9 August 1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey, Lieutenant Tubb held a newly captured trench which was being counter-attacked by the enemy. They blew in a sand-bag barricade, leaving only a foot of it standing, but Lieutenant 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 two corporals (Alexander Stewart Burton and William Dunstan), rebuilt it. They succeeded in maintaining the position under very heavy fire.
He was killed in action, Polygon Wood, Ypres, France, on 20 September 1917.
He later achieved the rank of major. His grave/memorial is at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium, 6 miles west of Ypres. Plot XIX, row C, grave 5. Headstone (shows age 36).
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Australian War Memorial,Canberra, Australia.
[edit] 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)
This article has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.
