Throssell, Hugo Vivian Hope

Victoria Cross: 1914-1918

Date of birth:: October 26th, 1884 (Northam/Western Australia, Australia)
Date of death:: November 19th, 1933 (Greenmount/Western Australia, Australia)
Nationality:: Australian

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Victoria Cross (VC)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: 2nd Lieutenant
Unit:: 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade, Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), Allied Forces
Awarded on:: October 15th, 1915

"On 29�30 August 1915 at Kaiakij Aghala (Hill 60), Gallipoli, Turkey, Second Lieutenant Throssell, although severely wounded in several places, refused to leave his post during a counter-attack or to obtain medical assistance until all danger was passed, when he had his wounds dressed and returned to the firing line until ordered out of action by the Medical Officer. By his personal courage and example he kept up the spirits of his party and was largely instrumental in saving the situation at a critical period."