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Directory of Allocated Minenwerfer War Trophies - WW1
South Australia
 

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 South Australia 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
           
Adelaide 75 mm 3448      
Adelaide 75 mm 3235   10 Battalion  
Adelaide 75 mm 4707 30 November 1917 2 Australian Tunn Company Ribecourt
Adelaide 75 mm 3470   1 ANZAC Salvage Corps  
Adelaide 75 mm 28207   48 Battalion  
Adelaide 75 mm 27132   Australian Corps  
Adelaide 75 mm 26900      
Adelaide 75 mm 16483   6 Field Engineer Company Villers Bretonneux
Adelaide 75 mm 13162   10 Battalion  
Adelaide 75 mm 11463   Australian Corps  
Adelaide 75 mm 12301   20 Battalion  
Bevin 75 mm 1851   4 Division Engineers  
Kapunda 180 mm 3153   4 Division Engineers  
Mitcham 75 mm 3553   Australian Corps  
Moonta 75 mm 28308   Australian Corps  
Moree 75 mm 21526   4 Battalion  
Mt Gambier 75 mm 7985   10 Battery  
Murray Bridge 75 mm 25834   Australian Corps  
Peterborough 75 mm 33187   3 Infantry Battalion  
Port Augusta 75 mm 2227 3 March 1917 Australian Corps School Thiepval
Renmark 75 mm 27875   10 Battalion  
Wallaroo 75 mm 28034   48 Battalion  
           
 
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