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Accession Number | P00516.003 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Date made | October 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Lieutenant Hugo Vivien Hope Throssell VC at Wandsworth Hospital recovering from wounds received ...
Description
Lieutenant Hugo Vivien Hope Throssell VC at Wandsworth Hospital recovering from wounds received at Gallipoli. Throssell 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. The nurse is not identified.