Next of kin plaque: Second Lieutenant Sinclair Edward Hunt, 55th 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 'SINCLAIR EDWARD HUNT'. Contained in original cardboard sleeve.

Born in Singleton, New South Wales, and educated in Sydney, Sinclair Edward Hunt was employed as a teacher with the NSW Education Department when he enlisted in Maitland on 14 September 1915. After initial training he was posted a private, service number 3244, to the 7th Reinforcements for 17th Battalion. He sailed with his unit from Sydney on 20 December, aboard HMAT A29 Suevic.

Soon after arrival in Egypt Hunt was transferred to B Company of the newly raised 55th Battalion. The unit arrived in France, for service on the Western Front, at the end of June. He was promoted to corporal the following month, then to sergeant in April 1917. At the end of 1917 Hunt moved to Cambridge, England, to undertake officer training. During this time he also worked as an instructor at the School of Musketry at Tidworth.

Hunt was commissioned a second lieutenant at the beginning of July and returned to France, where he rejoined his battalion in the field on 25 July, near Sailly-le-Sec. Hunt was killed on 1 September near the St Quentin Canal, as his battalion advanced during the battle to take Peronne. An eye-witness who was only 2 yards away from him at the time stated that Hunt had been killed outright by a shot through his eye. He is buried in the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension.

This commemorative plaque was sent to Hunt's widowed mother, Barbara, in February 1923.