his wife was on a tour of the Soviet Union. Memorials Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell was buried with full military honours in the Anglican section of Karrakatta cemetery, Perth. In 2014 the grave was refurbished and a new grave stone placed. In 1954 an octagonal stone gazebo was dedicated to Throssell in Greenmount at the intersection of Great Eastern Highway and Old York Road. It stands opposite the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre. A ward at the former Repatriation General Hospital, Hollywood was temporarily named in his honour. Throssell's Victoria Cross is displayed in the Hall of Valour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. In 1983 his son Ric Throssell presented it to People for Nuclear Disarmament. The Returned Services League of Australia bought the medal and presented it to the Australian War Memorial. A statue of Throssell was unveiled in the Avon Mall in Northam on Anzac Day 2015. References Further reading External links Suzanne Welborn, 'Throssell, Hugo Vivian Hope (1884–1933)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp 223–224. Second Lieutenant Hugo Throssell VC, People profiles, Australian War Memorial 1884 births 1933 deaths Australian Army officers Australian Gallipoli campaign recipients of the Victoria Cross Australian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross People educated at Prince Alfred College Australian military personnel who committed suicide People from Northam, Western Australia Suicides in Western Australia Katharine Susannah Prichard Military personnel from Western Australia Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery