Next of Kin plaque : Chief Petty Officer Ivan Campbell Ker Higgins, HMAS Tingira

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 'I. C. K. HIGGINS'.

Born in Mackay, Queensland in 1885, Ivan Campbell Ker Higgins joined the Royal Navy in Australia in April 1904, signing on for 5 years, and served on the Australia Station in ships attached to the Australian Squadron. His first posting, as a steward, was to the 3rd class cruiser HMS Mildura. This ship was decommissioned a year later; the names of other ships in which Higgins served in this period are not known.

Apparently discharged in 1909, Higgins was working as a labourer in Queensland when he again enlisted for service, in the Royal Australian Navy, in May 1912, again as a ship's steward, with the service number 1612. Between August 1913 and November 1916 he served in another 3rd class cruiser, HMAS Pioneer. His wartime service was mainly in waters off East Africa.

Higgins was posted to the RAN's training ship in Sydney, HMAS Tingira, as Chief Petty Officer ship's steward, in November 1916. A year later he was taken to St Vincent's Hospital for surgery, where died on 16 November from heart failure while under anaesthetic. He is buried in the Waverley General Cemetery.