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.
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