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Directory of Allocated 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.  
         
Serial Ceded Nature Number Captured Unit Place Remarks
               
1 Ararat 105 mm Howitzer 471   A Corps Peronne  
2 Assumption College 77 mm Gun 7964        
3 Bairnsdale 75 mm Gun 301   ALH    
4 Ballarat 150 mm Howitzer 517 11 August 1918 15 Infantry Brigade Bayonvillers  
5 Ballarat 150 mm Howitzer 68   15 Infantry Brigade    
6 Ballarat East 150 mm Howitzer 1257   AIF    
7 Ballarat East 150 mm Howitzer 3956        
8 Ballarat
High School		 77 mm Gun 5210 11 August 1918 58 Battalion Bayonvillers  
9 Beaufort 77 mm Gun 3548   29 Battalion    
10 Beechworth 75 mm Gun 317   ALH    
11 Benalla 77 mm Gun 27466   5/21 Infantry Regiment    
12 Bendigo 77 mm Gun 2852   5/7 Infantry Regiment    
13 Bendigo 105 mm Gun 2338   A Division    
14 Bendigo 150 mm Howitzer 135        
15 Bendigo 150 mm Howitzer 5194        
16 Bendigo
High School		 77 mm Gun 6725   8 ALH    
17 Brighton 15 Pounder Gun Mark IV 4214   A Corps    
18 Brighton 15 Pounder Gun Mark IV 4260        
19 Brighton 150 mm Howitzer 22 1 October 1918 4 ALH Damascus  
20 Brighton 150 mm Howitzer 3750 18 September 1918 46 Battalion Peronne  
21 Brighton
Grammar School		 75 mm Gun 513 30 September 1918 29 ALH Damascus  
22 Brunswick 105 mm Howitzer 8203 3 October 1918 22 Battalion Geneve  
23 Camberwell 150 mm Howitzer 364   A Corps    
24 Camberwell
Grammar School		 77 mm Gun 22775 23 August 1918 6 Battalion Herleville  
25 Camperdown 75 mm Gun 336   ALH    
26 Casterton 150 mm Gun 459   ALH    
27 Castlefield 150 mm Howitzer 728   ALH    
28 Castlemain 105 mm Gun 759        
29 Castlemain 150 mm Howitzer 803        
30 Castlemain
High School		 75 mm Gun 84   21 ALH    
31 Caulfield 77 mm Gun 913        
32 Caulfield
Grammar School		 77 mm Gun 6201 8 August 1918 46 Battalion    
33 Chiltern 77 mm Gun 331   ALH    
34 City of Melbourne 77 mm Gun 400 8 August 1918 46 Battalion Peronne  
35 Coburg
High School		 77 mm Gun 8063 11 August 1918 15 Battalion Villers - Bret  
36 Colac 77 mm Gun 3737   57 Battalion    
37 Coleraine 77 mm Gun 244   A Corps    
38 Collingwood 150 mm Howitzer 548 18 September 1918 A Corps    
39 Dandenong
High School		 77 mm Gun FK 96 n.A 1881 23 August 1918 5 Battalion   Private
40 Defence Melbourne 150 mm Howitzer 956 8 November 1917 A Mtd Division Huj  
41 Defence Melbourne 210 mm Howitzer 318 19 September 1918 58 Battalion St Quentin  
42 Dreeite 75mm Gun 454 23 August 1918 5 Battalion    
43 Echuca 77 mm Gun 6190   A Corps    
44 Essendon 77 mm Gun 5202   6 Battalion    
45 Essendon
High School		 77 mm Gun 2235   1 Division Peronne  
46 Fitzroy 105 mm Howitzer 6333   French Government    
47 Footscray 210 mm Howitzer 404   French Government    
48 Geelong 150 mm Howitzer 1399   22 Battalion    
49 Geelong 150 mm Howitzer 1515   ALH    
50 Geelong
Grammar School		 77 mm Gun 13306   7 Infantry Brigade    
51 Geelong
High School		 75 mm Gun 91   18 ALH    
52 Geelong West 105 mm Howitzer 1783        
53 Hamilton 105 mm Howitzer 12443   ALH    
54 Hawthorn 150 mm Howitzer 2993        
55 Horsham 77 mm Gun 232 10 August 1918 15 Infantry Brigade Harbonnieres  
56 Kilmore 77 mm Gun 8258 1 October 1918 29 Battalion Nauroy  
57 Koroit 105 mm Howitzer 4652   ALH    
58 Korumburra 77 mm Gun 67        
59 Kyneton 77 mm Gun 5633 11 August 1918 15 Battalion Villers - Bret  
60 Lilydale 150 mm Howitzer 1152 3 October 1918 6 ALTMB Montbrehain  
61 Maldon 75 mm Gun 323   ALH    
62 Malvern 100 mm Gun (Austrian) 5822   A Corps    
63 Maryborough 77 mm Gun 278   45 Battalion    
64 Melbourn
Grammar School		 105 mm Howitzer 473   A Corps    
65 Melbourne
High School		 104 mm Gun 12468   ALH    
66 Merbein
State School		 150 mm Howitzer 1007 11 August 1918 15 Infantry Brigade Bayonvillers  
67 Mildura 105 mm Gun 8450        
68 Mildura 105 mm Howitzer 2529   ALH    
69 Mooroopna 150 mm Gun (Austrian) 547        
70 Newtown-Chilwell 105 mm Howitzer 1462        
71 Nhill 77 mm Gun 7992   French Government   Private
(axel change?)
72 Northcote 150 mm Howitzer 4035   A Corps Peronne  
73 Nyah
State School		 150 mm Howitzer 334   A Corps    
74 Portland 77 mm Gun 279   15 Infantry Brigade    
75 Prahran 77 mm Gun 205 8 August 1918 46 Battalion Peronne  
75 Prahran 150 mm Howitzer 1653 3 October 1918 22 Battalion Montbrehain  
76 Red Cliffs 210 mm Howitzer 5   Surrender France  
76 Red Cliffs
State School		 75 mm Gun 617   ALH    
77 Richmond 105 mm Howitzer 12043 3 October 1918 22 Battalion Geneve  
78 Rochester
State School		 77 mm Gun 9282 4 October 1917 21 Battalion Broodseinde  
79 Sale 75 mm Gun 232   ALH    
80 Scotch Coil 105 mm Howitzer 12442 1 October 1918 4 ALH Damascus  
81 Seymour 75 mm Gun 376   ALH    
82 Shepparton
High School		 77 mm Gun 1901        
83 Shepparton
State School		 105 mm Howitzer 3756 8 August 1918 46 Battalion    
84 St Arnaud 75 mm Gun 330   ALH    
85 St Kilda 150 mm Howitzer 103   A Corps    
86 Stawell 77 mm Gun 4113   46 Battalion    
87 Swan Hill
State School		 77 mm Gun 27518 4 October 1918 22 Battalion Geneve  
88 Tongala
State School		 105 mm Gun 13070 4 October 1918 22 Battalion Geneve  
89 Trinity
Grammar School		 77 mm Gun 375   5/8 Infantry Regiment Western Front  
90 Wangaratta 75 mm Gun 216   ALH Beersheba  
91 Warracknabeal 150 mm Howitzer 1959   2 Division    
92 Warragul 150 mm Howitzer 1056        
93 Warrnambool 105 mm Howitzer 7738   5/23 Battalion    
94 Warrnambool 150 mm Howitzer 869   A Corps    
95 Werribee
State School		 105 mm Howitzer 14988 8 August 1918 15 Infantry Brigade Harbonnieres  
96 Wesley Collegel 1 105 mm Howitzer 5340   A Corps    
97 Williamstown
High School		 77 mm Gun 9281 4 October 1917 24 Battalion Broodseinde  
98 Wodonga 105 mm Howitzer 5947   French Government    
99 Wonthagi 77 mm Gun 253 11 August 1918 15 Infantry Brigade    
100 Xavier
College		 77 mm Gun 6658 4 October 1918 22 Battalion Geneve  
               
 
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
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