![]() No, he lost hope after the war in an ending no human, let alone a hero, should have to contemplate. What he did in that hell hole that claimed the lives of more than 8700 Diggers saw him become the first West Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross in World War One. The tormented tale of Hugo Throssell is one of a hero who lost hope. When his wife went on a writing tour to Russia, he found something that helped him in Gallipoli so it seemed to be the answer now. And the bleakness of the Great Depression broke his spirit. The couple settled on 40 acres of land at Greenmount, east of Perth, where Throssell struggled to make money. He claimed the war had made him a socialist and pacifist.īut fighting on the frontline didn’t make him a farmer. He now stood for peace, as he saw the world in a different light after witnessing the horrors of battle. “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.”Īfter the war he married writer Katharine Susannah Prichard who he had met in England. “Although severely wounded in several places he refused to leave his post or to obtain medical assistance till all danger was passed when he returned to the firing line. His bravery earnt him a VC with The London Gazette at the time reporting the reasons as: “For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. Lieutenant Hugo Vivien Hope Throssell VC at Wandsworth Hospital recovering from wounds received at Gallipoli.
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