War Memorials in Australia
Sixteenth Battalion Plaque
Place:
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 6430
District:: Goldfields
Orientation: Part of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Location: Top of staircase in foyer of Kalgoorlie Town Hall, Hannan Street and
Wilson Street
Position: 30 44 96 S 121 28 24 E
Ref: 600
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The memorial is a metal insignia and plaque on a wooden board above a glazed framed photograph of H.M.A.S. Kalgoorlie and a glazed framed presentation certificate.
The H.M.A.S. Kalgoorlie depicted here was a Bathurst class corvette launched on 7 August 1941 and paid off on 8 May 1946.
Metal plaque
Insignia of Municipality of
Kalgoorlie
Metal plaque below
H.M.A.S. KALGOORLIE
This plaque was presented by the Municipality of Kalgoorlie
to the crew of the Corvette H.M.A.S. "Kalgoorlie" in 1944
and was placed in the custody of the Kalgoorlie Municipal Council
when the vessel was handed over to the Royal Netherlands
Navy in 1946.
"Kalgoorlie" was launched at Whyalla, South Australia, on
7TH August, 1941, and commissioned on 7TH
April, 1942. From
the date of her commission to the cessation of hostilities
in August, 1945, the vessel was actively engaged in mine
sweeping and convoy work in the vicinity of Australia, New
Guinea and the Phillipine Islands. She steamed a total
distance of 131,607 miles in the defence of Australia.
Caption beneath photograph
H.M.A.S. KALGOORLIE
Presented to the Town of
Kalgoorlie
by the COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT
Presentation certificate
H.M.A.S. KALGOORLIE
J 192 B 245
1941 - 1946
presented to
the Citizens of Kalgoorlie
to commemorate the 50 th anniversary
of the Launching of the
Bathurst Class Corvette H.M.A.S. Kalgoorlie
on the 7th August 1941
by
those former crew members able to attend a
reunion at Kalgoorlie on Anzac Day 1991
representing all those who served on her during
2nd World War 1939 - 1945
L . E . S
. T . . W. E . . F.
O . R . G . E . T .
Information current to October 2002