Like so many young boys growing up in Australia, I would always play on the old gun in the park. Later, as I grew older, I came to understand the significance of these war trophies and the immense sacrifice connected, not only with the Great War, but with each individual gun.
That fascination extended beyond simply these captured German artillery pieces to a wider interest in military history generally. To satisfy my own curiosity as much as anything, I wrote a short story about the Australian War Trophies distributed around the country in the early 1920s as memorials to the 50,000 men and boys who gave the supreme sacrifice.
Beyond our shores, I will also make a point of tracking down any such relics and this quest has taken me to some pretty remote places in the Pacific, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America and even Africa. Below I have added images from my Flickr album accumulated over the last 20-30 years. New images will appear from time to time, so it’s worth checking back occasionally.
Naturally, I welcome your own recollections or experiences with tracking down any similar relics. Thank you for reading.
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Related stories:
- WWII tanks in the Aussie outback - the mystery solved
- Visiting Belgrade Military Museum - an enormous outdoor collection
- War trophies in Australian parks - the story behind these significant relics
- Australian Armour Museum (Cairns)
- Momi Gun Battery Fiji prepares for war
All images (c) Roderick Eime
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| The Momi guns form part of the historic World War II coastal defense installation located at the Momi Battery Historical Park on the western coast of Viti Levu in Fiji. Constructed in 1940, the site features two vintage 6-inch naval guns built to protect the Navula passage against potential Japanese invasion. |
More to come from Guam, Alaska, Vietnam, Fiji and more
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