Next of kin plaque : Private R Plouright, 24 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, 'ROY PLOURIGHT', 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.

Next of kin memorial plaque sent to the family of 932 Private Roy Plouright (also recorded as Plowright), born in 1896 in Gippsland, Victoria. Plouright, an 18 year old motor mechanic served for three years as an infantry cadet before enlisting in the AIF with D Company, 24 Battalion, on 25 March 1915. He sailed for Egypt aboard HMAT Euripides on 10 May. After a period of training, 24 Battalion landed at Gallipoli in September however there is a gap in Plouright's service record for this period and it is not known if he actually served there. In July 1916 Plouright arrived in France and went on to serve on the Western Front. Plouright was acting as his company's runner when 24 Battalion moved up to the line at Broodseinde Ridge in Belgium on the morning of 4 October 1917. He was hit by shrapnel which almost severed his leg. The stretcher bearers who picked him up applied a torniquet and bandages and had to cut through the small amount of flesh attaching his leg to his body before they could move him. Plouright was taken to 37 (British) Casualty Clearing Station, where he died from shock and blood loss at midnight. He is buried at Godewaersvelde British Cemetery.