Detail victim

Name TUBB
Initials FH
First name FREDERICK HAROLD
Place of birth Longwood
Country Victoria, Australia
Family 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
Education Longwood State School Victoria
Profession Manager of his father's grazing property
Extra info He was active in the community being secretary to the local Mechanics' Institute and a member of the gun and tennis clubs.

Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 24 August 1914
Rank Major
Medals V C, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment and unit 7th Bn. Australian Infantry
Division - Brigade 2nd Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Other data related to military career 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)