Next of kin plaque: Private Arthur Leslie 'Les' Healy, 21st 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 'ARTHUR LESLIE HEALY'. Contained in original cardboard sleeve.

Born in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria Arthur Leslie 'Les' Healy was employed as a painter in Preston when he enlisted in the AIF on 6 January 1915, with the consent of his father. He had been a member of the Boy Scouts, and served in the senior cadets with the 55th (Collingwood) Infantry, where he trained as a military signaller and morse telegraphist. After initial training he was posted a private, service number 868, to 21st Battalion. The unit embarked from Melbourne for overseas service aboard HMAT Ulysses, on 8 May 1915.

After further training in Egypt Healy embarked in SS Southland, bound for Gallipoli. At 9.51 am on 9 September, when the ship was off Mudros, it was hit by a torpedo fired from the German submarine UB14. Healy was among nine men who were killed on No 2 hold. He was 19 years old. His body was recovered and buried in the East Mudros Military Cemetery.

This memorial plaque was sent to his father, Abel Arthur Healy, in September 1922.