Studio portrait of Captain Hugo Vivien Hope Throssell VC who enlisted on 5 October 1914 and ...

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Accession Number P00516.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of Captain Hugo Vivien Hope Throssell VC who enlisted on 5 October 1914 and returned to Australia on 4 September 1918 after service in the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment in the Middle East and Gallipoli. His Victoria Cross was awarded for most conspicuous bravery at Kaiakij Aghala (Hill 60), at Gallipoli on 30 August 1915.