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Directory of Allocated Minenwerfer War Trophies - WW1
New South Wales
 
Following World War I weapons captured from German, Austria/Hungary and Turkish forces were distributed amongst the allied nations as reminders of the bravery and sacrifice of the soldiers involved. In Australia Committees were set up in each state to manage the distribution. Some were retained for what would become the Australian War Memorial, others distributed to Army units to which the guns capture was linked and others to communities and schools. The type and size of the weapon allotted depended on the size of the town and conditions for allocation varied between States. Generally the community accepted responsibility to display the trophy, pay the cost of its transportation, arrange a ceremony to unveil the trophy and accept responsibility for its maintenance. Below is a list of the war trophy guns distributed throughout New South Wales in the 1920s and has been compiled from cards held by the Australian War Memorial.

 
a. Ceded - where the trophy is now situated was originally allotted,  
b. Nature - the calibre, and where possible the type, of the gun,  
c. Number - the registered number of the gun,  
d. Captured - the date on which the gun was captured,  
e. Unit - the unit responsible for the capture of the gun,  
f. Place - the place where the gun was captured, and  
g. Remarks - additional comments including present whereabouts if different from ceded.  
 
Ceded Nature Number Captured Unit Place Remarks
             
  75 mm 3347        
Abermain 75 mm 2598   58 Battalion    
Adelong 75 mm 25842   22 Battalion Villers Bretonneau  
Adelong 75 mm 16505   13 Battalion    
Albury 75 mm 23538        
Annandale 75 mm 11918        
Armidale 75 mm 28556   1 Battalion Disposed  
Auburn 75 mm 26020   1 Battalion    
Ballina 75 mm 25679 8 August 1918 33 Battalion Accroche Wood  
Bankstown 75 mm 3572        
Barviala 75 mm 10822        
Beecroft 75 mm 5931   17 Battalion    
Bega 170 mm 6388   13 Battalion   Bega
Bellingen 75 mm 33970   4 Battalion    
Bellview Hill
Scots College
75 mm 8365   45 Battalion    
Berry 170 mm 4986   33 Battalion   Berry
Berry 75 mm 7967   20 Battalion    
Bexley 75 mm 11243   3 Battalion    
Bingara 75 mm 26770   16 Battalion    
Blackheath 250 mm 4499 10 August 1918 20 Battalion Fremerville  
Blacktown 75 mm 21715   13 Battalion    
Blayney 75 mm 11146   17 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville  
Boggabri 75 mm 21140 29 September 1918
- 1 October 1918
4 Battalion Bellicourt  
Boggabri 75 mm 13927   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Boolaroo 250 mm 1480   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Bourke 75 mm 916 April 1917 1 Battalion German retreat from Bapaume  
Bowral 170 mm 26   19 Battalion    
Bowral 75 mm 33382 8 August 1918 3 Pioneer Battalion Hamel  
Bulli 170 mm 5030 10 August 1918 20 Battalion Framerville  
Bulli 75 mm 26031   4 Battalion    
Burwood 75 mm 3695   4 Battalion    
Byron Bay 170 mm 4990   35 Battalion    
Byron Bay 75 mm 32577   33 Battalion    
Camden 170 mm 3578   Australian Corps   Camden
Camden 75 mm 32818   1 Battalion   Camden
Canley Vale 170 mm 3260 23 August 1918 19 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville Canley Vale
Canley Vale 75 mm 10719   18 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville Transferred to
Ashfield then unknown
Canowindra 75 mm 16078   45 Battalion    
Cardiff 75 mm 34536   4 Battalion    
Casino 75 mm 25776   18 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville  
Coffs Harbour 170 mm 6389   13 Battalion    
Coledale 75 mm 17961   5 Australian
Light Trench Mortor Battery
   
Coledale 75 mm 27648 3 October 1918 19 Battalion Beaurevoir Line  
Concord 75 mm 32242        
Condobolin 75 mm 13589   54 Battalion    
Coolamon 170 mm 7316       Coolamon
Cooma 170 mm 5058   2 Battalion    
Coonamble 75 mm 26464   20 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville  
Coraki 75 mm 26203   18 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville  
Corowa 250 mm 2480   13 Battalion    
Cowra 75 mm 27487   3 Battalion    
Cronulla 75 mm 4788   19 Battalion    
Crockwell 75 mm 15903   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Crookwell 75 mm 8547   54 Battalion    
Deniliquin 75 mm 2582   Australian Corps   Deniliquin
Dorrigo 170 mm 2279 10 August 1918 20 Battalion Framerville Private Collection
Dorrigo 75 mm 25465   30 Battalion    
Drummoyne 75 mm 33544 9 July 1918 18 Battalion Villers Bretonneau  
Drummoyne 75 mm 15342 27 July 1918 56 Battalion Ville-sur-Ancre  
Dubbo 75 mm 11882   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Dungog 170 mm 1570   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville Dungog
Dungog 75 mm 27141   13 Battalion   Dungog
Emmaville 75 mm 7304   20 Battalion    
Epping 75 mm 13358 15 August 1918 21 Battalion? Villers Bretonneau-mor  
Fairfield 75 mm 17161   4 Battalion    
Five Dock 75 mm 26248   5th Division    
Gilgandra 170 mm 2624   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Glen Innes 75 mm 15093   33 Battalion    
Gloucester 75 mm 7492 10 August 1918 20 Battalion Framerville  
Gordon 75 mm 6988 29 September 1918 B Company 30 Battalion
whilst attached to 29 Battalion
Nauroy  
Gosford 250 mm 4140   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Goulburn 75 mm 5720   3 Battalion   Goulburn
Grafton 75 mm 5492 31 August 1918 20 Battalion Mont Street Quentin  
Grafton South 75 mm 27966   18 Battalion    
Granville 75 mm 8615 5 November 1917 17 Battalion Broodseinde Ridge  
Grenfell 170 mm 1361   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Grenfell 75 mm 7200     Warfusee & Framerville  
Gulgong 75 mm 28695   45 Battalion    
Gunnedah 75 mm 13232   33 Battalion    
Hay 250 mm short 840   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Helensburgh 75 mm 5601   4 Battalion    
Holbrook 75 mm 11258        
Hurstville 75 mm 8622 5 November 1917 17 Battalion Broodseinde Ridge  
Illawarra North 75 mm 14777   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Inverell 75 mm 26172   33 Battalion    
Junee 75 mm 1215   4 Battalion    
Katoomba 75 mm 9046        
Kempsey 75 mm 25542   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Kiama 75 mm 6143   4 Battalion    
Kiama 75 mm 31197   8 Field Company AE    
Killara Park 75 mm 28730   2 Battalion    
Kogarah 75 mm 34678   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Kyogle 75 mm 32792   33 Battalion    
Leeton 75 mm 22262   13 Battalion    
Lindfield PS 170 mm 3626   17 Battalion    
Lismore 75 mm 7684        
Liverpool 75 mm 4811 April 1917 1 Battalion German retreat from Bapaume  
Macksville 75 mm 9422   35 Battalion    
Maclean 75 mm 15057   20 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Maclean 75 mm 6186 8 August 1918 41 Battalion Hamel  
Maitland East 75 mm 4060   1 Battalion    
Maitland West 75 mm 7535        
Millthorpe 75 mm 16254 28 August 1918
- 1 September 1918
18 Battalion Mont St Quentin  
Miranda 170 mm 2215   19 Battalion    
Molong 75 mm 14886   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Molong 75 mm 10332   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Mortdale 75 mm 33861        
Mosman 75 mm 15098 31 August 1918 20 Battalion Mont St Quentin  
Moss Vale 75 mm 1045   1 Battalion    
Moss Vale 75 mm 32043   4 Battalion    
Mudgee 75 mm 28315   13 Battalion    
Murrumburra 75 mm 6464   13 Battalion    
Murwillumbah 75 mm 4035   1 Battalion    
Muswellbrook 250 mm 2248   20 Battalion Muswellbrook  
Narrabri 75 mm 31237   33 Battalion    
Narrendera 75 mm 31284   1 Battalion    
Narromine 75 mm 26067   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Nowra 75 mm 31601   4 Battalion    
Nyngan 75 mm 14876        
Orange 75 mm 9045        
Ourimbah 75 mm 2071        
Parkes 75 mm 864   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Peak Hill 75 mm 5555   54 Battalion    
Penrith 75 mm 28768   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Queanbeyan 75 mm 9304        
Qunindi 75 mm 11819   2 Pioneer Battalion    
RS & SILA 75 mm 34139 1 September 1918 56 Battalion    
RS & SILA 75 mm 34524 22 August 1918 35 Battalion Bray  
Scone 75 mm 2727        
Shell Harbour 75 mm 32535   4 Battalion    
Singleton 75 mm 27178   13 Battalion    
St Marys 75 mm 26612   4 Battalion    
St Marys 75 mm 33625   20 Battalion    
Sutherland 170 mm 3349   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Sutherland 75 mm 32490   3 Battalion    
Tamworth 75 mm 8876   ANZAC Corps    
Taree 75 mm 6710   5 Australian
Light Trench Mortor Battery
   
Taree 75 mm 10761   33 Battalion    
Temora 75 mm 31783   33 Battalion    
Tenterfield 75 mm 23088   33 Battalion    
Thirroul 75 mm 42499   4 Battalion    
Tumut 75 mm 2617   18 Battalion    
Tumut 75 mm 15023   4 Battalion    
Tweed Heads 75 mm 22123   13 Battalion    
Ulladulla 75 mm 31555   Australian Corps   There are stories of war machinery been located in front of the memorial in the 1930's. This would have been the 3 inch (75 mm) trench mortor, which was given to the Milton Community by the NSW Trophy Committee. It had been captured by the 56th Battalion at Bellecourt on 29 October 1918. the whereabouts of this machinery is unknown today
Ulladulla 75 mm 9160   Australian Corps    
Walca 75 mm 13638        
Wallendbeen 75 mm 3467        
Wallsend West 75 mm 28119   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Waterloo 75 mm 13329   35 Battalion    
Wauchope 75 mm 5158   Australian Corps School    
Wee Waa 75 mm 31602   Australian Corps   Wee Waa
Wellington 75 mm 10269 3 October 1918 18 Battalion Near Waincourt Fomsomine  
Werris Creek 170 mm 5022 16 July 1918 35 Battalion Hamel Werris Creek
Werris Creek 75 mm 8624 5 November 1917 17 Battalion Broodseinde Ridge Werris Creek
Winarra 170 mm 6704   2 Battalion    
Windsor 75 mm 7124   AIF   National Artillery Museum
Wollongong 75 mm 32709   19 Battalion    
Woonoona 75 mm 4933   4 Battalion    
Wyalong West 170 mm 5175   4 Battalion    
Wyong 75 mm 34359   1 Battalion    
Wyong 75 mm 32467 16 July 1918 17 Battalion Villers Bretonneau  
Yass 250 mm 4177   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
Young 75 mm 16064   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville  
             
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