Next of kin plaque : Sergeant Henry Steuve, 50th 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 'HENRY STEUVE'.

Born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Henry 'Harry' Steuve was employed as a cook when travelled to Adelaide to he enlist in the AIF, on 22 August 1914, shortly before his twentieth birthday. He had previously served in the cadets, in the 82nd (Barrier) Infantry, in South Australia. Steuve was posted a private, service number 300, to H Company, 10th Battalion. He sailed for Egypt from Adelaide on 20 October, aboard HMAT A11 Ascanius.

Steuve's battalion was one of the first to land at Gallipoli, at dawn on 25 April 1915. He promoted lance corporal in May, and received a gunshot wound the shoulder the same month, at Bolton's Ridge on 19 May. Steuve was evacuated to Egypt for treatment but was able to rejoin his battalion at Gallipoli on 7 July. On 17 August he was evacuated to Egypt once more, suffering from influenza. He did not return to active service on the peninsula.

On 26 February 1916 Steuve, and half the men in his battalion, were transferred to the newly raised 50th Battalion. He was promoted corporal on 12 March. The new battalion arrived in France, for service on the Western Front in June and took part in their first major battle at Mouquet Farm between 13 and 15 August. Steuve was promoted sergeant on the second day of the battle.

Steuve was part of a bombing party in the early morning of 2 April 1917, during the battle to take Noreuil on the Hindenburg Line. He was hit by German machine gun fire at daybreak and was killed outright. Reported to have been buried in the nearby 'Battalion Cemetery', his body could not be located for burial in a designated war cemetery after the war and his name is listed on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

This commemorative plaque was sent to his mother, Mrs Louisa Gill, in August 1922.