[1] The Goomeri War Memorial Clock was unveiled on 15 November 1940 by RSL State President Raymond Douglas Huish.

[1] Goomeri Memorial Clock Tower was unveiled with the names of the local men who died in service or killed in action during the First World War.

The word "cenotaph", commonly applied to war memorials at the time, literally means "empty tomb".

Many memorials honour all who served from a locality, not just the dead, providing valuable evidence of community involvement in the war.

[1] Australian war memorials are also valuable evidence of imperial and national loyalties, at the time, not seen as conflicting; the skills of local stonemasons, metalworkers and architects; and of popular taste.

[1] Many of the First World War monuments have been updated to record local involvement in later conflicts, and some have fallen victim to unsympathetic re-location and repair.

It is not known who designed the memorial; however the metal work was produced by Ernest Gunderson and was originally part of an earlier monument which also commemorated the First World War.

A substantial metal door bearing a bronze Australian Coat of Arms surrounded by a laurel wreath is recessed into the north face.

Above the base is the body of the tower which is plain except for a simple central decorative element, painted dark brown.

[1] Goomeri War Memorial Clock was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

War Memorials are important in demonstrating the pattern of Queensland's history as they are representative of a recurrent theme that involved most communities throughout the state.

[1] Unveiled in 1940, the war memorial at Goomeri demonstrates the principal characteristics of a commemorative structure erected as an enduring record of a major historical event.