Next of kin plaque : Lance Corporal Thomas Walter Chadwick, 20th Battalion, AIF

Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. Beneath the main figures, the British lion defeats the German eagle. The initials 'ECP', for the designer Edward Carter Preston appear above the lion's right forepaw. A raised rectangle above the lion's head bears the name 'THOMAS WALTER CHADWICK'.

Born in Brunswick, Melbourne, Thomas Walter Chadwick was working in Queensland as a labourer when he enlisted in the AIF on 16 April 1917. He had previously served in the militia in Victoria in the 46th Infantry (Brighton Rifles). Chadwick was selected for specialist machine gun training and returned to Victoria where he attended to Seymour and Bendigo machine gun training depots. Assigned as a private (service number 757) to the 14th Reinforcements for the 1st Machine Gun Company, Chadwick left Melbourne foe overseas service aboard the troopship A60 Aeneas on 30 October.

After further training at Fovant in England Chadwick was briefly posted to the 19th Battalion before moving to France when he joined the 20th Battalion on 9 April 1918, where his service number was modified to 757B. He was promoted to lance corporal on 28 July. Chadwick was killed near Harbonnieres, France on 11 August 1918. He was 20 years old. He is buried in the nearby Heath Cemetery.

This commemorative plaque was sent to Chadwick's widowed mother, Alice, in November 1922.