20mm Oerlikon Cannon

The Oerlikon 20mm Cannon is mounted on Princes Street, Hāwera at the entrance to the South Taranaki Returned Services Assn premises (1921) and adjacent to the 1924 War Memorial arch & the 'Year of the Veteran' Memorial.

The cannon was presented to the South Taranaki RSA by the Royal NZ Navy after the de-commissioning of HMNZS Taranaki in 1983.

Further Reading:

Cooke, Peter & Ian Maxwell, Great Guns - The Artillery Heritage of NZ, 2013.