Next of Kin plaque: Private George Alexander Brabner, 11th 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 'GEORGE ALEXANDER BRABNER'.

Born in Stawell, Victoria, George Alexander Brabner was employed as a legal clerk in Perth, Western Australia when he enlisted in the AIF on 14 February 1916. He had previously served in the militia in the 88th (Perth) Infantry. Brabner trained as a signaller and was appointed a private, service number 7442, to the 25th Reinforcements for 11th Battalion, the following year. The unit embarked from Fremantle on 29 June 1917, aboard HMAT A30 Borda, and arrived in Plymouth, England on 25 August.

After further training in England Brabner joined his battalion in France at the beginning of January 1918. He was killed in Belgium, aged 22, on 9 March, the only man in his battalion to die that day. Brabner is buried in the Oxford Road Cemetery at Ypres.

This memorial plaque was sent to his father, James Brabner, in October 1922.

George Brabner's elder brother, Company Sergeant Major Harold James Brabner, also served in 11th Battalion. He was killed near Ypres on 17 October 1917.