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Aubrey Leslie TUBB

Regimental number56500
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBlackwood Creek, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 8"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinFather, A.D. Tubb, Blackwood Creek, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil (lived in exempt area)
Enlistment date26 November 1917
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements (May-Oct 1918)
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Borda on 17 July 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of disease 25 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard (Plot 9, Row G, Grave No. 2), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Hobart, 6 July 1918; marched into Liverpool Camp, New South Wales, 8 July 1918.

Embarked Sydney, 17 July 1918, and appointed Voyage Only Corporal the same day; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 7 August 1918 (tonsillitis); discharged, 11 August 1918; admitted to Ship's Hospital, 11 August 1918 (quinsy); discharged, 20 August 1918; disembarked London, England, 27 September 1918.

Marched into 1st Training Bn, Fovant, 27 September 1918, and posted to 12th Bn reinforcements.

Reverts to the rank of Private, 27 September 1918.

Admitted to Group Clearing Hospital, 4 October 1918, and transferred to Sutton Veny Military Hospital the same day (pharyngitis).

Died, Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 25 October 1918 (influenza and pneumonia).

Buried, St John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, 31 October 1918.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, TUBB Aubrey Leslie

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