Next of kin plaque : Boy 2nd Class H E Bamford, HMAS Tingira

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. A raised rectangle above the lion's head bears the name 'HERBERT EDGAR BAMFORD'. A manufacturer's mark 'W' within a circle, for the Royal Woolwich Arsenal, is stamped into the reverse. Two small holes have been drilled through the plaque on either side of Britannia's head to allow the plaque to be suspended.

This next of kin plaque was issued to the parents of Boy 2nd Class Herbert Edgar Bamford after he drowned in Sydney Harbour while attached to the training ship HMAS Tingira. Bamford, who was born at Forest, Victoria, on 15 September 1903, had entered the Royal Australian Navy less than two months earlier, on 24 January 1919. He died on 16 March. As his body was not recovered, and as his death fell into the period considered to be part of First World War service by the British, Bamford's name was listed on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Britain and a plaque sent to his parents. Bamford's service and date of death does not meet the criteria for inclusion on the Australian Roll of Honour.