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Directory of Allocated Minenwerfer War Trophies - WW1
Tasmania
 

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 Tasmania 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
           
Burnie 75 mm 25929      
Cygnet 75 mm 14044   Australian Corps  
Deloraine 170 mm 6387   12 Battalion  
Deloraine 170 mm 552   Australian Corps  
Devonport 180 mm 4393      
Latrobe 75 mm 33076 4 July 1918 21 Battalion Villers Bretonneux
Longford 75 mm 43028   3 Infantry Battalion  
Longford 75 mm 18497   15 Battalion  
Queenstown 75 mm 12770      
Scottsdale 75 mm 348   Australian Corps  
Waratah 75 mm 28334 10 August 1918 Australian Corps  
Wynyard 75 mm 25543   21 Battalion V Bretonneux - Marcelcave
           
 
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