Next of kin plaque : Sapper Alexander Wilson, 6th Field Company Engineers, 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 'ALEXANDER WILSON'.

Born in Roma, Queensland in 1892, Alexander Wilson was employed as a blacksmith when he enlisted in the AIF on 3 August 1915. He had previously served in the militia for three years, with 14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Rifles).
After initial training Wilson was posted as a sapper, service number 3366, to the 6th Field Company Engineers. Wilson and his unit arrived in France for service on the Western Front in March 1916. Although assigned as a cook for his company, Wilson expressed a wish to work near the front line and on the night of 27 July, for the first time, was given permission to join a party digging communication trenches near Pozieres Wood. A shell fell killing him and two others. Although he was buried and a map reference with the location of his body recorded, it was not possible to locate his body after the war, and his name is commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial.
This memorial plaque was sent to Wilson's father, William Rannie Wilson, in August 1922.