Next of Kin plaque : Private A F Anderson, 5 Battalion AIF

Bronze next of kin plaque showing Britannia and a lion together with the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. The name of the dead soldier, 'ANDREW FREDERICK ANDERSON', is inscribed in raised letters within a raised rectangle. The initials 'ECP', for the plaque's designer Edward Carter Preston, appear above the lion's right forepaw. Unmarked on reverse.

Next of kin plaque issued to the father of 217 Private Andrew Frederick Anderson, a marine fireman of South Melbourne, born Otago, New Zealand in 1882. With 32 months previous military experience first with Bethune's Mounted Infantry and then with the Australian Commonwealth Horse in the Boer War until his discharge in August 1902.

Anderson enlisted for service in the First World War on 17 August 1914 and was assigned to B Company, 5 Battalion, part of 2 Brigade. After training, he embarked for overseas service from Port Melbourne aboard HMAT Orvieto on 21 October 1914, arriving in Egypt on 2 December. After further training in Egypt and on Lemnos Island he took part in the ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915, as part of the second wave, led by Lieutenant Colonel D S Wanliss, the officer who had raised the battalion.

Private Anderson was reported wounded in action and missing the next day. His status was not amended to killed in action until after a Court of Inquiry was held in France on 3 November 1916. In the meantime, however, his family received his identity disc in the mail and his father, still under the impression that his son was wounded, contacted the Army demanding to know what had happened. The Army conducted an internal investigation, but no further details are available. On 5 May 1922 Andrew Anderson senior died, still deeply upset by these circumstances. Private Anderson's elder brother, James, ultimately received this plaque and its accompanying scroll.