Hugo Throssell, 1914, photo: State Library of WA. https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2425052

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/a-forgotten-hero-wa-100-years-after-the-great-war-20180403-p4z7j7.html

It was uncanny to see Katharine’s husband, Hugo Throssell, as the lead story on the WAToday website today. He was one of many whose lives were destroyed by the Great War and his death in 1933 can be seen as the long term consequence of the trauma he suffered at the front. Kudos to WAToday for examining the impact of war and placing history on its front page. But it was an article which got several things quite wrong. I was going to leave it at a fairly irenic comment at the bottom of the article – but they still haven’t approved the comment nine hours later, so now I’m feeling annoyed. Continue reading →