Next of kin plaque: Private Andrew Robertson Beattie, 27th 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 impressed name 'ANDREW ROBERTSON BEATTIE'. An indistinct checker's mark is impressed behind the lion's left rear paw.

Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Andrew Robertson Beattie was working as a butcher in Broken Hill, New South Wales, when he enlisted in the AIF on 21 June 1915. After initial training in South Australia he was posted a private, service number 2334, to the 4th Reinforcements for 27th Battalion. He embarked from overseas service from Adelaide on 21 September, aboard HMAT A15 Star of England.

After further training in Egypt Beattie joined D Company of his battalion at Mudros at the end of December, as they were returning from Gallipoli. Back in Egypt once more he trained as a machine gunner. The battalion arrived in France, for service on the Western Front, on 23 March 1916. In August the battalion took part in two major battles between Bapaume and Pozieres, incurring heavy casualties. On 4 August Beattie was evacuated to a rest station suffering from shell shock. He returned to his unit 8 days later. Beattie was severely wounded in the abdomen on 28 August. He was evacuated to 2/1st South Midlands Casualty Clearing Station but died there the following day, aged 21. He is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension in France.

This commemorative plaque was sent to Beattie's mother, Jinnie Wrigley, in June 1922.