It was common practice to offer war trophies to public venues for display. The War Trophy Committee would allocate war souvenir items upon application. This practice was developed to honor those who served Australia in the Great War 1914-1918. Approximately 20 sons of Homebush served and 7 did not return from places such as Gallipoli and the Western Front. The machine gun mentioned in the letter was displayed in the school until the early 1940’s when it was handed over to a scrap metal drive for WWll. It is possible this the gun placed in the Lower Homebush Hall in 1921. This is based a newspaper report from a local paper of the time mentioned.