TUBB, Cuthbert George
| Service Number: | 642 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, An original member of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blackwood Creek, Tasmania, Australia, 10 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Blackwood Creek, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Longford State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 8 December 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 22. DEARLY LOVED SON OF DAVID & ALICE TUBB TASMANIA |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackwood Creek Baptist Church HR, Bracknell District Baptist Churches HR, Cressy War Memorial, Longford War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 642, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 642, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 642, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 8 Dec 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 642, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 642 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-12-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cuthbert Tubb was the son of David George and Alice Grace Victoria Tubb, of Blackwood Creek, near Longford, in Tasmania.
The 40th Battalion only arrived in France during late November 1916, and went in to the trenches at Houplines near Armentieres. Cuthbert Tubb was the first man of the 40th Battalion to be killed in action on the 9 December 1916. There are no details of how he died, apart from the fact that he was delivered to an advanced dressing station, ‘deceased’. An indication of how he died was included in a letter from his father, David Tubb, to Base Records during 1923.
“…I did not reply before as I have been feeling rather off about a few things lately my son was reported to me as killed in action and I naturally thought he was killed by the enemy but I was left to find out the truth from returned soldiers that he was shot by the British soldiers in the trenches as he came in, in command of the scouts in the early morning …”
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