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Directory of Allocated War Trophies - WW1
Territories and Overseas
         
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 our Territories and Overseas 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 Norfolk Island 77 mm Gun 178   ALH    
2 Northern Territory 77 mm Gun 1609   A Corps    
3 New Zealand - Canterbury 150 mm Howitzer 2101   17 Battalion    
4 Port Moresby 77 mm Gun 13315   A Corps    
5 Thursday Island 77 mm Gun 7711   French Government    
6 United Kingdom -
Col Buckley		 77 mm Gun 12863   AIF    
7 United Kingdom -
Dartford		 77 mm Gun 26755   AIF    
8 United Kingdom -
Exeter		 77 mm Gun 26873   AIF    
9 United Kingdom -
Hon Mrs Ackland		 77 mm Gun 26757   AIF    
10 United Kingdom -
Lord Darnley		 77 mm Gun 15075   AIF    
11 United Kingdom -
Southall		 77 mm Gun 26745   AIF    
               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
         
 

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