Victoria Cross: Tubb, Burton and Dunstan

FREDERICK HAROLD TUBB

Lieutenant, 7th (Victoria) Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

Born: 28 November 1881, St Helena, Longwood, Victoria, Australia

Citation: 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.

(London Gazette Issue 29328 dated 15 Oct 1915, published 15 Oct 1915.)


ALEXANDER STEWART BURTON

Corporal, 7th (Victoria) Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

Born: 20 January 1893, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia


WILLIAM DUNSTAN

Corporal, 7th (Victoria) Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

Born: 8 March 1895, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Joint Citation: For most conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine trenches in the Gallipoli Peninsula on the 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, Corporals Burton and Dunstan and a few men. They advanced up a sap and blew in a sandbag barricade, leaving only one foot of it standing, but Lieutenant Tubb with the two corporals repulsed the enemy and rebuilt the barricade. Supported by strong bombing parties the enemy twice again succeeded in blowing in the barricade, but on each occasion they were repulsed and the barricade rebuilt, although Lieutenant Tubb was wounded in the head and arm and Corporal Burton was killed by a bomb while most gallantly building up the parapet under a hail of bombs.

(London Gazette Issue 29328 dated 15 Oct 1915, published 15 Oct 1915.)

Lieutenant Tubb's medals