Next of kin plaque: Private Montague Watson Robertson, 52nd 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 'MONTAGUE WATSON ROBERTSON'.

Born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Montague Watson Robertson was working a shearer in Queensland when he enlisted in the AIF at Charleville on 28 April 1916, aged 38. Although he was married he named his mother, Rebecca Robertson, as his next of kin. After initial training Robertson was posted as a private, service number 2775, to the 6th reinforcements for the 52nd Battalion. He left Sydney aboard HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October and arrived in England on 21 November. He joined his unit in France at the beginning of 1917.
In 1917 Robertson took part in major engagements at Noreuil, was slightly wounded at Messines, resulting in a month out of the line, and Polygon Wood. He was killed in action at Dernancourt on 5 April 1918 on a day when his battalion's casualties were 33 killed and 124 wounded. His body was not recovered for burial and his name is commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial.
This commemorative plaque, together with Robertson's medals were sent to his mother in November 1922 with the agreement of his widow, Elsie Elizabeth, who had remarried in 1919.