Next of Kin plaque : Regimental Sergeant Major Arnold Pringle, 14th 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 'ARNOLD PRINGLE'. Plaque in its original waxed cardboard box and with its original certificate.

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Arnold Pringle was employed as an ironmonger when he enlisted in the AIF on 23 December 1914, aged 21. He had previously served for four years with the Hawthorn City Naval Cadets. Pringle was appointed a corporal, service number 1807, to the 4th Reinforcements for the 14th Battalion and sailed for Egypt aboard HMAT A9 Shropshire in March 1915. On 8 August, near Hill 971 at Gallipoli, he received a gunshot wound to the head and was evacuated to Mudros for treatment. He was able to rejoin his unit a month later. Pringle was promoted to sergeant at the beginning of December.

Back in Egypt after the Gallipoli campaign, Pringle was appointed a Company Sergeant Major in March 1916, then Regimental Sergeant Major in April. He moved with his battalion to France, for service on the Western Front, in June 1916 and took part in its first major engagement at Pozieres. Between December and 16 August 1917 Pringle was detached from his unit to serve first at the 4th Division's School of Infantry, and then at the Anzac Corps School.

Rejoining his battalion, Pringle received a penetrating wound to the abdomen at Broodseinde Ridge on 12 October, during the third battle of Ypres. Evacuated to the 2nd Canadian Clearing Station he died there on 16 October. He is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium.

This commemorative plaque was sent to his father, Robert Pringle, in December 1922.