Next of kin Plaque: Private Allan Edward Harris, 46th 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 engraved name 'ALLAN EDWARD HARRIS'. A checker's mark '20' is impressed behind the lion's left rear paw.

Born in St Arnaud, Victoria, Allan Edward Harris was employed as a farmer near Koroit when he enlisted in the AIF at Geelong on 18 May 1916. After initial training he was posted a private, service number 2436, to the 5th Reinforcements for 46th Battalion. He embarked for overseas service from Melbourne on 7 September, aboard HMAT A15 Port Sydney.

After further training in England with the 12th Training Battalion Harris joined his battalion at Mametz in France, on 27 January 1917. At Bullecourt, on 11 April, the battalion suffered its worst losses of the war, incurring 385 casualties. As part of the pursuit of the Germans once they had withdrawn to the Hindenburg Line, the attack was initially successful as the 46th managed to break through to its objective, but it was eventually pushed back as a result of its heavy casualties. Harris was killed by machine gun fire early in the morning of the attack. He was 28 years old. His body was not recovered for burial and his name is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

This commemorative plaque was sent to his father, Frank Harris, in July 1922.