Next of kin plaque : Private Harry Exton, 11th 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 impressed name 'HARRY EXTON'.

Born in Stow Maries, Essex, England in 1890, Henry 'Harry' Exton emigrated to Australia in 1909. He was employed as a mechanic in Perth, Western Australia, when he enlisted in the AIF on 11 January 1915. On 16 February he was posted a private, service number 1753, to the 4th Reinforcements to 11th Battalion. He embarked for overseas service from Fremantle on 19 April, aboard HMAT A8 Argyllshire.

In Egypt Exton was hospitalised with illness for a number of weeks. He joined A Company of his battalion at Gallipoli on 10 July. On the night of 31 July 200 men of the 11th Battalion launched a raid on Turkish trenches from Tasmania Post. Exton was killed early in the morning of 1 August. He is buried in the Shell Green Cemetery at Gallipoli.

This commemorative plaque was issued to Exton's parents, Henry and Mary, in Western Australia in May 1920. They had emigrated to Perth earlier in the same year.