Hugo Throssell VC 10th Light Horse is buried in Karrakatta Cemetery W. Australia. He was the only member of the entire Light Horse to receive a VC despite the battle honours. Hugo Throssell's grave is a private memorial and is not under the auspices of the OAWG. I stop by regularly and clean his grave up, put poppies there on ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day. I don't have flowers in my garden (yet) so I cut roses out of the cemetery gardens and put them on his grave ;) I wrote a letter to Veteran's Affairs 16th June asking that the OAWG take care of it ... I thought they might at least make an exception to the rule in his case. How naive of me! I received a reply today. Vets Affairs through OAWG is COMMITTED to maintaining his memorial plaque in the Garden of Remembrance but do not have the statutory authority to care for his grave!!! However, Vets Affairs have notified the Heritage Council of the importance of his grave and suggest I consider taking it up with them!!! They can't look after heritage listed buildings in this state let alone Throssell's grave. It's buck passing at it's best. If I approach the Heritage Council they will say it's the National Trust that should look after it who in turn will say it's Karrakatta Cemetery's responsibility who will then say its the Army or 10th LH and who in turn will say its the Office of Australian War Graves. Hugo Throssell's grave is the only one of the VC winners buried in at Karrakatta Cemetery that the OAWG do not tend. Bright Blessings, Sandra. Sandra's Family History - http://tinyurl.com/o3mad MSN Messenger - fedelmar@hotmail.com My MSN Spaces - http://spaces.msn.com/fedelmar/ ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~* Knowledge speaks and wisdom listens. ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~* -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10