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Directory of Allocated War Trophies - WW1
Western 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 Western Australia 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 Albany 75 mm Gun 574 20 October 1918 10 ALH Jenin  
2 Armadale 105 mm Howitzer 4752   French Government    
3 Armadale 77 mm Gun 442 18 September 1918 3 Infantry Brigade    
4 Boulder 105 mm Howitzer 15144 14 August 1918 11 Battalion    
5 Boulder 105 mm Howitzer 12019 8 August 1918 44 Battalion    
6 Broome 77 mm Gun 165 8 August 1918 44 Battalion    
7 Bunbury 77 mm Gun 19246   A Corps    
8 Busselton 77 mm Gun 8324   13 Infantry Brigade    
9 Carnarvon 15 Pdr BL Gun Mk IV 4233        
10 Claremont 75 mm Gun 461   ALH    
11 Collie 104 mm Gun 5664   ALH    
12 Cottesloe 75 mm Gun 94 1 October 1918 10 ALH Amman  
13 Fremantle 150 mm Howitzer 288        
14 Fremantle 150 mm Howitzer 955   10 ALH    
15 Geraldton Barrel Only 375   ALH    
16 Guildford 105 mm Howitzer 211 8 August 1918 44 Battalion    
17 Kalgoorlie 105 mm Howitzer 15123 14 August 1918 11 Battalion    
18 Katanning 75 mm Gun 615   ALH    
19 Kellerberrin 77 mm Gun 19329 18 September 1918 11 Battalion    
20 Midland Junction 75 mm Gun 121 20 September 1918 10 ALH Jenin  
21 Moora 75 mm Gun 393   ALH    
22 Narrogin 77 mm Gun 42S3 18 September 1918 11 Battalion    
23 Northam 75 mm Gun 503   10 ALH Jenin  
24 Perth 105 mm Gun 15131 18 September 1918 11 Battalion    
25 Perth - Subiaco 77 mm Gun 5806   11 Battalion    
26 Pingelly 75 mm Gun 546   ALH    
27 Western Australia
Museum		 77 mm Gun 408 18 September 1918 16 Battalion    
28 Western Australia
Museum		 150 mm Howitzer   25 July 1916 11 Battalion Pozieres  
29 Wagin 77 mm Gun 1122 12 August 1918 28 Battalion Villers - Bret  
30 Wagin 105 mm Gun 553        
31 York 77 mm Gun 5948 12 August 1918 28 Battalion Villers - Bret  
               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
         
 

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