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VC649 Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell
BORN 27 October 1884
DIED 19 November 1933 AGE 49
VC Won 29-30 August 1915 AGE 30
Place VC Won Hill 60, Kaiajik Aghala, Gallipoli, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell No.
VC Issue No. 649 Awards VC
Regiment 10th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Northam, Australia
Place Of Death At his home, Lazy Hit Ranch, Greenmount, near Perth, Western Australia
Buried/Location Ashes Karrakatta Cemetery, Hollywood, Perth, Australia
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Anglican Section 2B, Plot 304
Gazetted 15 October 1915
VC Presented 4 December 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
Headstone, Karrakatta Cemetery, Hollywood, Perth, Australia
Plaque at Karrakatta Cemetery, Garden of Remembrance, Perth, Australia
Display, Hall of Valour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Plaque at Greenmount, near Perth, Australia
Stone pavilion and bus shelter, Great Eastern Highway, Greenmount, Western Australia
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
Street at Greenmount, near Perth, Australia
Street at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Throssle Street, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Named on State War Memorial in Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia
P Named On Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia
By The Way…
At the age of 49 he committed suicide
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Thank you to Veryan Holmes for the photo of the State War Memorial in Kings Park, Australia
