Next of kin plaque : Private John William Eric Cox, 22nd 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 'JOHN WILLIAM ERIC COX'. The plaque is contained in its original cardboard sleeve.

Born in Echuca, Victoria, John William Eric 'Eric' Cox, a grocer of East Brunswick, Melbourne enlisted in the AIF on 18 January 1915 aged 20, requiring his mother's permission to do so.

After initial training he was posted a private, service number 1180, to the Headquarters of the newly raised 22nd Battalion. He embarked for overseas service from Melbourne on 8 May, aboard HMAT A 38 Ulysses. After further training in Egypt the battalion landed at Gallipoli at the beginning of September.

Eric Cox was killed on 3 November, and buried the same day in the Shrapnel Gully Cemetery.

This commemorative plaque was sent to his widowed mother, Annie Elizabeth Cox, in May 1922.