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- TUBB
- FH
- FREDERICK HAROLD
- Longwood
- Victoria, Australia
- Son of Harry and Emma E. Tubb, of St. Helena, Longwood East, Victoria, Australia. Of Longwood; his brother Captain Frank Reid, also served with the 7th Bn. and was awarded the Military Cross
- Longwood State School Victoria
- Manager of his father's grazing property
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He was active in the community being secretary to the local Mechanics' Institute and a member of the gun and tennis clubs.
Military service
- Enlisted 24 August 1914
- Major
- V C, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
- 7th Bn. Australian Infantry
- 2nd Brigade
- 1st Australian Division
- A.I.F.
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Member of the Militia; held the rank of 2nd Lt. in 58 Infanry Regiment (Essendon Rifles) at the outbreak of the war; joined the AIF and was appointed to 7 Battalion as a 2nd Lt; embarked October 1914 from Melbourne; promoted Lieutenant February 1915; captain while serving in Gallipoli; after recovering from his wounds, rejoined his battalion in France in 1916; major February 1917; VC for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty at Lone Pine trenches, in the Gallipoli Peninsula, 9 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, athough wounded in the head and arm, held his ground with the greatest coolness and rebuilt it, and finally succeeded in maintaining his position underr very heavy bomb fire." (Commonwealth Gazette No. 28
Date: 24 February 1916)
Death
- Polygon wood, 20 September, 10.55 hrs
- Died of gunshot wounds in the back
- 20 September 1917
- 36
- XIX - C - 5
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