Next of kin plaque : Corporal Donald McLarty Bartlett, 6th 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 'DONALD McCLARTY BARTLETT'.

Born in Balranald, New South Wales, Donald McLarty 'Don' Bartlett was employed as a mechanic and driver in Prairie, near Bendigo in Victoria when he enlisted in the AIF on 10 December 1914. He was posted a private, service number 1508, to the 3rd Reinforcements for 6th Battalion, and left Melbourne for Egypt on 19 February 1915 aboard HMAT A54 Runic. He was promoted corporal on 6 March, while the ship was at Albany in Western Australia.

After training in Egypt Bartlett joined A Company of his battalion at Gallipoli on 7 May. Shortly after midnight on 7 August the battalion launched an attack in darkness, from Steele's Post, aimed at capturing German Officer's Trench, which failed after two attempts, costing the battalion 80 killed and 66 wounded. Bartlett was among those killed. His body was not recovered for burial and his name is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.

Bartlett's mother, Margaret Ann Vile, did not receive official confirmation of his death until 1916. In the interim she advertised in the 'Argus' seeking information. Corporal Roland Baguley responded. He had himself been evacuated to Australia for home duties after suffering severe concussion in the same action on 7 August. He had shared a dugout with Bartlett at Gallipoli and was able to assure his mother that her son had 'died like a man to the very inch'.

This memorial plaque was sent to Mrs Vile in December 1921.