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Directory of Allocated War Trophies - WW1


Queensland
         
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 Queensland 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.  
         
Serial Ceded Nature Number Captured Unit Place Remarks
1 Albion 150 mm Howitzer 172   A Corps Western Front  
2 Barcaldine 75 mm Gun 507   ALH    
3 Beaudesert 77 mm Gun 364        
4 Bowen 77 mm Gun 3306 29 September 1918 41 Battalion    
5 Brisbane 105 mm Gun 342   ALH    
6 Brisbane Museum 150 mm Howitzer (Belgian) 9 25 July 1916 9 Battalion Pozieres AWM
7 Brisbane South 150 mm Howitzer 60 10 August 18 26 Battalion Villers - Bret  
8 Bundaberg 75 mm Gun 1399 1 October 1918 5 ALH Ziza  
9 Cairns 75 mm Gun 1397 1 October 1918 5 ALH Ziza  
10 Charleville 75 mm Gun 452 1 October 1918 5 ALH Ziza  
11 Charters Towers 77 mm Gun 2568 10 August 1918 26 Battalion Villers - Bret  
12 Charters Towers 77 mm Gun 5988   41 Battalion    
13 Charters Towers 105 mm Howitzer 4179 8 August 18 41 Battalion    
14 Childers 210 mm Howitzer 406   French Government    
15 Chinchilla 77 mm Gun 9347   French Government    
16 Cunnamulla 120 mm Gun (Turkish) 116   ALH    
17 Dalby 75 mm Gun 454 1 October 1918 5 ALH Ziza  
18 Gatton 90 mm Gun 1485   French Government    
19 Gayndah 75 mm Gun 48   27 ALH    
20 Gladstone 150 mm Howitzer 2594        
21 Goodna 105 mm Howitzer 3454        
22 Goodna 105 mm Howitzer 779   4 Division    
23 Goondiwindi 77 mm Gun 2364        
24 Gympie 77 mm Gun 4274 10 August 1918 26 Battalion Villers - Bret  
25 Gympie 77 mm Gun 644        
26 Gympie 105 mm Gun 8213   41 Battalion    
27 Hughenden 75 mm Gun 55   5 ALH    
28 Ingham 75 mm Gun (Austrian) 362        
29 Ipswich 77 mm Gun 2422 18 September 1918 9 Battalion    
30 Ipswich 77 mm Gun 9764 10 September 1918 9 Battalion    
31 Killarney 75 mm Gun 241        
32 Laidley 75 mm Gun 188   5 ALH    
33 Longreach 87 mm (1892) 6695   2 Division    
34 Mackay 75 mm Gun 5702   41 Battalion    
35 Maryborough 75 mm Gun 453 1 October 1918 5 ALH Ziza  
36 Maryborough 77 mm Gun 4763   47 Battalion    
37 Mt Morgan 95 mm SB Gun 291   ALH Beersheba  
38 Mt Morgan 150 mm Gun 2346   A Corps    
39 Mt Perry 87 mm Gun 648   ALH    
40 Nanango 75 mm Gun 150   ALH    
41 Oakey 100 mm Gun (Austrian) 4964        
42 Pittsworth 75 mm Gun 401 29 September 1918 5 ALH Ziza  
43 Ravenswood 77 mm Gun 10292        
44 Rockhampton 105 mm Howitzer 14934 8 August 1918 41 Battalion    
45 Rockhampton 150 mm Howitzer 1090   42 Battalion    
46 Rockhampton 150 mm Howitzer 213        
47 Roma 75 mm Gun 29 25 September 1918 5 ALH Amman  
48 Rosewood 150 mm Howitzer 2337 25 August 1918 11 Battalion Chuignolles  
49 Sherwood 105 mm Howitzer 16191 8 August 1918 31 Battalion Warfusee  
50 SouthPort 77 mm Gun 2715        
51 Stanthorpe 77 mm Gun 367   ALH    
52 Toowoomba 150 mm Gun 2533 8 August 1918 26 Battalion    
53 Toowoomba 150 mm Gun 569   A Mtd Division    
54 Townsville 105 mm Gun 6232 18 September 1918 9 Battalion    
55 Townsville 105 mm Howitzer 658 8 August 1918 26 Battalion Marcelcave  
56 Warwick 77 mm Gun 3370 10 August 1918 26 Battalion Villers - Bret  
57 Winton 150 mm Gun 1405   41 Battalion    
58 Wynnum 75 mm Gun 16        
59 Wynnum 77 mm Gun 2643        
               
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
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