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Directory of Allocated Minenwerfer War Trophies - WW1 New South Wales

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 New South Wales 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 Remarks                 75 mm 3347         Abermain 75 mm 2598   58 Battalion     Adelong 75 mm 25842   22 Battalion Villers Bretonneau   Adelong 75 mm 16505   13 Battalion     Albury 75 mm 23538         Annandale 75 mm 11918         Armidale 75 mm 28556   1 Battalion Disposed   Auburn 75 mm 26020   1 Battalion     Ballina 75 mm 25679 8 August 1918 33 Battalion Accroche Wood   Bankstown 75 mm 3572         Barviala 75 mm 10822         Beecroft 75 mm 5931   17 Battalion     Bega 170 mm 6388   13 Battalion   Bega Bellingen 75 mm 33970   4 Battalion     Bellview Hill Scots College 75 mm 8365   45 Battalion     Berry 170 mm 4986   33 Battalion   Berry Berry 75 mm 7967   20 Battalion     Bexley 75 mm 11243   3 Battalion     Bingara 75 mm 26770   16 Battalion     Blackheath 250 mm 4499 10 August 1918 20 Battalion Fremerville   Blacktown 75 mm 21715   13 Battalion     Blayney 75 mm 11146   17 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville   Boggabri 75 mm 21140 29 September 1918 - 1 October 1918 4 Battalion Bellicourt   Boggabri 75 mm 13927   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Boolaroo 250 mm 1480   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Bourke 75 mm 916 April 1917 1 Battalion German retreat from Bapaume   Bowral 170 mm 26   19 Battalion     Bowral 75 mm 33382 8 August 1918 3 Pioneer Battalion Hamel   Bulli 170 mm 5030 10 August 1918 20 Battalion Framerville   Bulli 75 mm 26031   4 Battalion     Burwood 75 mm 3695   4 Battalion     Byron Bay 170 mm 4990   35 Battalion     Byron Bay 75 mm 32577   33 Battalion     Camden 170 mm 3578   Australian Corps   Camden Camden 75 mm 32818   1 Battalion   Camden Canley Vale 170 mm 3260 23 August 1918 19 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville Canley Vale Canley Vale 75 mm 10719   18 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville Transferred to Ashfield then unknown Canowindra 75 mm 16078   45 Battalion     Cardiff 75 mm 34536   4 Battalion     Casino 75 mm 25776   18 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville   Coffs Harbour 170 mm 6389   13 Battalion     Coledale 75 mm 17961   5 Australian Light Trench Mortor Battery     Coledale 75 mm 27648 3 October 1918 19 Battalion Beaurevoir Line   Concord 75 mm 32242         Condobolin 75 mm 13589   54 Battalion     Coolamon 170 mm 7316       Coolamon Cooma 170 mm 5058   2 Battalion     Coonamble 75 mm 26464   20 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville   Coraki 75 mm 26203   18 Battalion Warfusee & Fremerville   Corowa 250 mm 2480   13 Battalion     Cowra 75 mm 27487   3 Battalion     Cronulla 75 mm 4788   19 Battalion     Crockwell 75 mm 15903   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Crookwell 75 mm 8547   54 Battalion     Deniliquin 75 mm 2582   Australian Corps   Deniliquin Dorrigo 170 mm 2279 10 August 1918 20 Battalion Framerville Private Collection Dorrigo 75 mm 25465   30 Battalion     Drummoyne 75 mm 33544 9 July 1918 18 Battalion Villers Bretonneau   Drummoyne 75 mm 15342 27 July 1918 56 Battalion Ville-sur-Ancre   Dubbo 75 mm 11882   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Dungog 170 mm 1570   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville Dungog Dungog 75 mm 27141   13 Battalion   Dungog Emmaville 75 mm 7304   20 Battalion     Epping 75 mm 13358 15 August 1918 21 Battalion? Villers Bretonneau-mor   Fairfield 75 mm 17161   4 Battalion     Five Dock 75 mm 26248   5th Division     Gilgandra 170 mm 2624   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Glen Innes 75 mm 15093   33 Battalion     Gloucester 75 mm 7492 10 August 1918 20 Battalion Framerville   Gordon 75 mm 6988 29 September 1918 B Company 30 Battalion whilst attached to 29 Battalion Nauroy   Gosford 250 mm 4140   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Goulburn 75 mm 5720   3 Battalion   Goulburn Grafton 75 mm 5492 31 August 1918 20 Battalion Mont Street Quentin   Grafton South 75 mm 27966   18 Battalion     Granville 75 mm 8615 5 November 1917 17 Battalion Broodseinde Ridge   Grenfell 170 mm 1361   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Grenfell 75 mm 7200     Warfusee & Framerville   Gulgong 75 mm 28695   45 Battalion     Gunnedah 75 mm 13232   33 Battalion     Hay 250 mm short 840   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Helensburgh 75 mm 5601   4 Battalion     Holbrook 75 mm 11258         Hurstville 75 mm 8622 5 November 1917 17 Battalion Broodseinde Ridge   Illawarra North 75 mm 14777   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Inverell 75 mm 26172   33 Battalion     Junee 75 mm 1215   4 Battalion     Katoomba 75 mm 9046         Kempsey 75 mm 25542   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Kiama 75 mm 6143   4 Battalion     Kiama 75 mm 31197   8 Field Company AE     Killara Park 75 mm 28730   2 Battalion     Kogarah 75 mm 34678   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Kyogle 75 mm 32792   33 Battalion     Leeton 75 mm 22262   13 Battalion     Lindfield PS 170 mm 3626   17 Battalion     Lismore 75 mm 7684         Liverpool 75 mm 4811 April 1917 1 Battalion German retreat from Bapaume   Macksville 75 mm 9422   35 Battalion     Maclean 75 mm 15057   20 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Maclean 75 mm 6186 8 August 1918 41 Battalion Hamel   Maitland East 75 mm 4060   1 Battalion     Maitland West 75 mm 7535         Millthorpe 75 mm 16254 28 August 1918 - 1 September 1918 18 Battalion Mont St Quentin   Miranda 170 mm 2215   19 Battalion     Molong 75 mm 14886   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Molong 75 mm 10332   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Mortdale 75 mm 33861         Mosman 75 mm 15098 31 August 1918 20 Battalion Mont St Quentin   Moss Vale 75 mm 1045   1 Battalion     Moss Vale 75 mm 32043   4 Battalion     Mudgee 75 mm 28315   13 Battalion     Murrumburra 75 mm 6464   13 Battalion     Murwillumbah 75 mm 4035   1 Battalion     Muswellbrook 250 mm 2248   20 Battalion Muswellbrook   Narrabri 75 mm 31237   33 Battalion     Narrendera 75 mm 31284   1 Battalion     Narromine 75 mm 26067   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Nowra 75 mm 31601   4 Battalion     Nyngan 75 mm 14876         Orange 75 mm 9045         Ourimbah 75 mm 2071         Parkes 75 mm 864   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Peak Hill 75 mm 5555   54 Battalion     Penrith 75 mm 28768   19 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Queanbeyan 75 mm 9304         Qunindi 75 mm 11819   2 Pioneer Battalion     RS & SILA 75 mm 34139 1 September 1918 56 Battalion     RS & SILA 75 mm 34524 22 August 1918 35 Battalion Bray   Scone 75 mm 2727         Shell Harbour 75 mm 32535   4 Battalion     Singleton 75 mm 27178   13 Battalion     St Marys 75 mm 26612   4 Battalion     St Marys 75 mm 33625   20 Battalion     Sutherland 170 mm 3349   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Sutherland 75 mm 32490   3 Battalion     Tamworth 75 mm 8876   ANZAC Corps     Taree 75 mm 6710   5 Australian Light Trench Mortor Battery     Taree 75 mm 10761   33 Battalion     Temora 75 mm 31783   33 Battalion     Tenterfield 75 mm 23088   33 Battalion     Thirroul 75 mm 42499   4 Battalion     Tumut 75 mm 2617   18 Battalion     Tumut 75 mm 15023   4 Battalion     Tweed Heads 75 mm 22123   13 Battalion     Ulladulla 75 mm 31555   Australian Corps   There are stories of war machinery been located in front of the memorial in the 1930's. This would have been the 3 inch (75 mm) trench mortor, which was given to the Milton Community by the NSW Trophy Committee. It had been captured by the 56th Battalion at Bellecourt on 29 October 1918. the whereabouts of this machinery is unknown today Ulladulla 75 mm 9160   Australian Corps     Walca 75 mm 13638         Wallendbeen 75 mm 3467         Wallsend West 75 mm 28119   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Waterloo 75 mm 13329   35 Battalion     Wauchope 75 mm 5158   Australian Corps School     Wee Waa 75 mm 31602   Australian Corps   Wee Waa Wellington 75 mm 10269 3 October 1918 18 Battalion Near Waincourt Fomsomine   Werris Creek 170 mm 5022 16 July 1918 35 Battalion Hamel Werris Creek Werris Creek 75 mm 8624 5 November 1917 17 Battalion Broodseinde Ridge Werris Creek Winarra 170 mm 6704   2 Battalion     Windsor 75 mm 7124   AIF   National Artillery Museum Wollongong 75 mm 32709   19 Battalion     Woonoona 75 mm 4933   4 Battalion     Wyalong West 170 mm 5175   4 Battalion     Wyong 75 mm 34359   1 Battalion     Wyong 75 mm 32467 16 July 1918 17 Battalion Villers Bretonneau   Yass 250 mm 4177   18 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville   Young 75 mm 16064   17 Battalion Warfusee & Framerville

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