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Directory of Allocated War Trophies - WW1
South Australia
         
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.  
         
Serial Ceded Nature Number Captured Unit Place Remarks
1 Burnie 75 mm Gun 13745   ALH    
2 Devonport 77 mm Gun 343 8 August 1918 26 Battalion Warfusee  
3 Glenorchy 75 mm Gun 522   ALH    
4 Hobart 75 mm Gun 708   ALH    
5 Hobart 77 mm Gun 6933   3 Division    
6 Hobart 210 mm Howitzer 1001   French Government   Anglesea Barracks
7 Hobart War Museum 77 mm Gun 5172 23 August 1918 12 Battalion   Anglesea Barracks
8 Launceston 155 mm Gun 1544   A Corps    
9 Launceston 150 mm Howitzer 727   ALH    
10 Launceston 150 mm Howitzer 863   A Corps    
11 New Norfolk 77 mm Gun 2729   7 Infantry Brigade    
12 Queenstown 105 mm Gun 4200   3 MG Company    
13 Ulverstone 105 mm Gun 7784   ALH    
14 Westbury 74 mm Barrel 702   ALH    
15 Westbury 75 mm Barrel 1019   ALH    
16 Westbury 75 mm Barrel 1020   ALH    
17 Westbury 75 mm Gun 884 25 September 1918 5 ALH Amman  
18 Zeehan 105 mm Howitzer 76   A Corps    
               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
         
 

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