Royal Australian Navy Centenary Memorial, Goulburn Middle Image Image Image 0 / 0 - Prev Next Description / Background This war memorial is dedicated to the men and women from Goulburn and district who served on Australian ships and shore defences. The dedication is inscribed on a bronze plaque, which is mounted on a low plinth. Flanking the plinth are two ship cannon shells from the battle cruisers HMAS Australia and HMNZS New Zealand. The shell is 12inch HE (high explosive) and weighs approximately 280kgs. The 12 inch penetrators are stubbier and weigh 380kg. Nearly all the markings on the shell were for accounting purposes used by the Ordnance Depot (in this case, Spectacle Island). They are batch numbers, date of manufacture, and recording the assignment to a ship. There is no known record to decipher the numbers further. The arrow indicates they were owned by HM Govt and were an Admiralty approved pattern. Inscription Plaque Memorial plaque to the Royal Australian Navy to Commemorate the Navy Centenary year 1911-2011 Dedicated to the men and women from Goulburn & district who served with distinction on many Australian ships & shore defences. With a special mention to the corvette HMAS Goulburn commissioned February 28th 1941 broken up as scrap November 1953 The ship cannon shells C1911 are from the battle cruisers HMAS Australia & HMNZS New Zealand Donated by Snapper Island Museum 2005 Serial numbers on shells S888 1087 37; 1496-5; S888 12.10.11; 4633-A; AN; KH S888 1086 3ES; 1838-5; S888 15.11.11; 4633-A; N.Z.; C.C. Related memorials Rocky Hill War Memorial Tower and First World War Honour Roll Goulburn Soudan Campaign Commemorative Plaque Goulburn Changi Memorial Leggett Memorial Goulburn and District Ex-Servicewomens Association Commemorative Plaque Goulburn 3rd Battalion Kokoda Track and New Guinea Memorial Plaque Goulburn M.U.I.O.O.F. Loyal Coronation Lodge First World War Roll of Honour Goulburn Chas Rogers and Sons Pty. Ltd. Second World War Roll of Honour 3rd Battalion Second World War Memorial, Goulburn Rocky Hill War Memorial Museum Lone Pine Do you know more about this war Memorial? Click here to learn how you can contribute Sidebar Address Rocky Hill War Memorial Museum Memorial Road Goulburn NSW 2580 Local Government Area Goulburn Mulwaree Council Setting Building – outside Location status Original location Memorial type Board/roll/plaque/tablet Other Recorded by Jennifer G, Rocky Hill War Memorial Museum Conflict/s Second World War, 1939–45 Materials Bronze Concrete Metal