Next of Kin plaque: Second Lieutenant Ewen Fergus Lord Macpherson, 64th Battery, 5th Brigade Lahore Artillery, Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve)

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 'EWEN FERGUS LORD MACPHERSON'. A checker's mark, is impressed between the lion's rear left paw and tail. The mark of the Woolwich Arsenal, 'W' within a circle, is stamped in the back of the plaque.

Next of kin plaque issued to the parents of Ewen Fergus Lord Macpherson who was born at Brewarrina, NSW on 11 May 1891, the eldest of four brothers. He was living in Waverley in Sydney, and working as a train driver when he enlisted in the AIF on 29 August 1914 aged, 24 (under the name Ewen Macpherson). Macpherson was posted a driver, service number 186, to 1st Field Company Engineers. He embarked from Sydney on 18 October, aboard HMAT A19 Afric.

After training in Egypt Macpherson fought at Gallipoli until July 1915 when he was evacuated with malaria first to Alexandria, then to England. His appendix was also removed at this time. After treatment, he volunteered for service with the Royal Field Artillery, and was discharged from the AIF on 6 December 1915. He received officer training, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) and was assigned to 64th Battery, 5th Brigade (Lahore Artillery) attached to the 3rd Canadian Division.

Macpherson was killed in action on 10 August 1916 while fighting in support of the action at Mouquet Farm. He is buried in the Gordon Dump Cemetery at Ovillers la Boisselle, France.

Macpherson's three brothers also served in the war: Lieutenant John Machattie Lord Macpherson served with 20th Battalion and 5th Machine Gun Company, AIF, before transferring to the Royal Field Artillery where he was awarded a Military Cross and French Croix de Guerre; Sergeant Randolf George Macpherson served with 7th Field Artillery Brigade, AIF; the youngest brother, Private Lachlan Charles Lord Macpherson, served with 18th Battalion, AIF and was killed near Peronne, France, in August 1918.