A piece of World War I history will be donated to the Mackay RSL Sub Branch as part of Remembrance Day next Friday.
A 7.58cm Minenwerfer Light Rifled Trench Mortar will be presented to the RSL by eight army personnel from the Lavarack Barracks in Townsville at the Remembrance Day service at Jubilee Park next week.
The 7.58cm Minenwerfer was the smallest of the German mine projectors used in WWI and sat atop a removable two-wheeled carriage assembly, making it a portable siege weapon.
The design of the mortar began in 1909 and continued into 1914 when production was established at the outbreak of the war.
Once in service, the system was initially issued to Imperial German Army engineering crews who effectively utilised it against Belgian and French fortifications and field obstacles.
After the stalemate had developed, the weapon was further issued as a fire support weapon alongside traditional field mortars.
The artillery piece was found on a property in the Pioneer Valley and sent to Townville to be refurbished before it will be gifted back to the Mackay RSL Sub Branch with the hope of the piece to be displayed at the new RSL riverfront facility.
The RSL Mackay Sub Branch will be selling commemorative memorabilia at Parkside Plaza from today, Friday November 4 until Thursday, November 10 from 9:00am to 3:00pm daily before the Remembrance Day Service at the Jubilee Park Cenotaph on Friday, November 11 from 10:30am.
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