RAAHC - Artillery Register - Directory of Allocated Minenwerfer War Trophies - WW1

ARTILLERY REGISTER

Directory of Allocated Minenwerfer War Trophies - WW1
Victoria

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 Victoria 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

	75 mm	9304
	75 mm	12770		16 Battalion
Ararat High School	75 mm	34003		22 Battalion	East of Cappy
Ararat Museum	75 mm	26038		6 Battalion
Brunswick	75 mm	33625		21 Battalion
Bairnsdale	75 mm	3040	1 March 1917	15 ALTM Battery	Between Gueadecourt & le Transloy
Baccas March	75 mm	5850		14 Battalion
Benalla	75 mm	10146	26 August 1918	38 Battalion	Suzanne
Beauford	75 mm	16152		8 Battalion
Beauford	75 mm	4965		4 ALTM Battery
Benalla	75 mm	21421		Australian Corps
Beechworth	75 mm	21033		6 Battalion
Blackburn	75 mm	5479		5 Battalion
Caulfield	75 mm	33950	10 August 1918	B Company 5 Battalion	Trench running north/south through X29C
Coleraine	75 mm	6538-1534	4 July 1918	14 Battalion	Vaire Wood
Coleraine	75 mm	26026	31 August 1918	39 Battery	Clery
Camperdown	75 mm	5756		5 Australian BGRO
Casterton	75 mm	34038		23 Battalion	East of V Bretonneux and South of Herberville
Casterton	75 mm	2693
Chiltern	75 mm	15754		Australian Corps
Clunes	75 mm	31161		5 Battalion
Clunes	170 mm	3951		8 Battalion
Colac	75 mm	43159		5 Battalion
Chariton	75 mm	31498	5 June 1918	21 Battalion	Ville sur Ancre
Creswick	75 mm	33450	10 June 1918	6 ALTM Battery	Morlancourt
Creswick	180 mm?	876		22 Battalion	East of V Bretonneux
Dandenong	170 mm	4047	May 1917	3 Tunneling Company	Hill 70 Bithune Sector
Dandenong	75 mm	25226
Daylesford	75 mm	26662	3 October 1918	22 Battalion	Near La Motte Farm Beaurevior
Dimboola	75 mm	21484	19 May 1918	24 Battalion	Ville sur Ancre
Dimboola	75 mm	8408	10 August 1918	5 Battalion	Trench running North/South through X29c
Donald	75 mm	11710		6 Infantry Brigade
Dunolly	75 mm	4138		6 Battalion
East Melbourne St Patricks College	75 mm	4539
Echuca	75 mm	28775		6 Battalion
Ewioa	170 mm	6828	25 April 1918	15 Infantry Brigade	V Bretonneux
Euroa	75 mm	26863
Footscray	75 mm	3839	28 August 1918	23 Battalion	East of Cappy
Fitzroy	75 mm	33459		6 Battalion
Hamilton	170 mm	1571		8 Battalion
Hamilton High School	75 mm	3475		7 Battalion
Heathcote	75 mm	31741		57 Battalion
Horsham	75 mm	34076		6 Battalion
Inglewood	75 mm	11165		3 Division
Keriang	250 mm	703		7 Battalion
Keriang	75 mm	16400	31 August 1918	38 Battalion	Clery
Kilmore	75 mm	6928
Kilmore	75 mm	16144		8 Battalion
Korumburra	75 mm	22041		8 Battalion
L(T)eriang	75 mm	28028	28 August 1918	21 Battalion	Frise
Koroit	75 mm	31079		8 Battalion
Kyneton	75 mm	28024	31 August 1918	38 Battalion	Clery
Lilydale	75 mm	10812		7 Battalion
Lilydale	75 mm	4487		8 Battalion
Mansfield	75 mm	27532		8 Battalion
Maldon	75 mm	13998		Australian Corps
Malvern	75 mm	5327		22 Battalion	East of Bretonneux
Maryborough	75 mm	26741	23 August 1918	6 Battalion	Herville Wood
Maryborough High School	75 mm	11291
Melbourne	75 mm	9975	28 August 1918	21 Battalion	Frise
Melbourne Technical College	250 mm	3449		8 Battalion
Mildura High School	75 mm	8328		22 Battalion
Mortlake	75 mm	26218		Australian Corps
Mornington	75 mm	3567
Mornington	170 mm	4490	25 April 1918	15 Battalion	V Bretonneux
Mooroopna	75 mm	16496		7 Battalion
Muritoa	75 mm	27736	4 August 1918	22 Battalion	Geneve
Nhill	75 mm	31432		6 Battalion
Nhill	75 mm	31926R		21 Battalion	V Bretenneux - Marcelcave
Numwikah	75 mm	28216		57 Battalion
Port Fairy	75 mm	26786		8 Battalion
Port Fairy	170 mm	6460		3 Division
Portland	75 mm	2479	31 August 1918	39 Battalion	Clery
Queenscliffe	75 mm	33931		8 Battalion
Queenscliffe	75 mm	5201
Rochester	75 mm	21595		8 Battalion
Rochester	? mm	9282	4 August 1917	21 Battalion	Broodseinde Ridge
Rutherglen	75 mm	27884
Rushworth	75 mm	3886
Sale	75 mm	26279		8 Battalion
Sale High School	75 mm	2042		Australian Corps
St Arnaud	75 mm	16672		5 Battalion
Shepparton	75 mm	31206	2 September 1918	58 Battalion	Peronne
Stanhope	75 mm	33085	8 August 1918	57 Battalion	During attack on Harbouriers
Seymore	75 mm	33617		5 Battalion
Stawell	75 mm	4907		10 Infantry Brigade
St Kilda All Saints Grammar School	75 mm	7356	9 June 1918	6 Battalion	Strezeele
Swan Hill	75 mm	33617
Swan Hill	75 mm	27489		Australian Corps
Taralgon	250 mm	2421		8 Battalion
Taralgon	75 mm	1914		Australian Corps
Taturia	75 mm	8289	24 August 1918	14 Battalion	Bray
Wanague High School	75 mm	21679
Wannambool	75 mm	6341
Wangaratta	75 mm	41668		37 Battalion
Warraknabell	75 mm	3968		8 Battalion
Warriagul	75 mm	5027		57 Battalion
Wedderburn	75 mm	1232
Wonthaggi	95 mm Trench Mortar	1709		ALH
Wodonga	75 mm	43076	29 September 1918	57 Battalion
Wodonga	75 mm	31933		6 Battalion
Woodena	75 mm	31912		7 Battalion
Woodena	75 mm	15456		57 Battalion
Yea	75 mm	13800
Yarrawonga	75 mm	4945
Yarrawonga	180 mm	867		23 Battalion	East of V Bretonneux & South of Herleville