Next of kin plaque : Lance Sergeant Jacob James Grisinger, 41st 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 'JACOB JAMES GRISINGER'. A checker's mark, '74', is impressed between the lion's rear right paw and tail.

Born at Byangum on the Tweed river near Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Jacob James Grisinger was employed as a farmer when he enlisted in the AIF on 27 October 1916. After briefly training in Queensland he was posted a private, service number 2690, to the 5th Reinforcements for 41st Battalion. the unit embarked from Brisbane on 17 November, aboard HMAT A55 Kyarra.

After further training in England Grisinger joined his battalion near Messines, Belgium, on 12 July 1917. He received a shrapnel wounds to the nose there on 2 August, on a day when the battalion's war diary noted 'trenches in state of collapse and waist deep in water in many places'. The wound was not serious and Grisinger was able to return to his unit two weeks later. Grisinger was promoted lance corporal on 8 October, corporal in June 1918,and appointed a lance sergeant on 18 August. He was 22 years old when he was killed near Maricourt, France nine days later. Grisinger is buried in the Peronne Road Cemetery.

This commemorative plaque was sent to his father, Henry William Grisinger, in December 1922.