Next of kin plaque : Lance Sergeant Archie Franklin Long, 4th 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 'ARCHIE FRANKLIN LONG'.

Archie Franklin Long, an 18 year old station hand from Armatree, NSW, enlisted in the AIF at Dubbo on 4 June 1915, with his father's consent. After initial training he was appointed a private (service number 4028) to the 12th reinforcements for the 4th Battalion. He sailed for overseas service aboard HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915.

In Egypt in 1916 Long transferred to 1st Pioneer Battalion in March. He moved with this unit to France, for service on the Western Front on 3 April. He received a bullet wound to the left hand the following month. In September 1916, after specialist machine gun training Long was transferred to his original unit, 4th Battalion. He was awarded the Military Medal in April 1917 'for great courage and devotion to duty by proceeding out into the open and sniping the Germans as they advanced on Demicourt'. Long was promoted to lance corporal in May 1917; to corporal and then lance sergeant and machine gun sergeant of the battalion's 13th Platoon in D company the following month. While moving up the line as part of an advance guard on the evening of 21 September 1917, close to Clapham Junction near Glencorse Wood in Belgium, Long and some fellow soldiers took shelter in a shell hole during a heavy German barrage. Long was hit by shrapnel in the left buttock and both lower legs. He died the following day shortly after arriving at 10th (British) Casualty Clearing Station at Remy Siding. He is buried at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium.

This commemorative plaque was sent to Long's father, Henry Wallace Long, in October 1922.

Archie Long had enlisted with his brother, Edward. They were allocated consecutive service numbers and both served with 4th Battalion. They transferred to 1st Pioneer Battalion together but Edward was captured and taken prisoner by the Germans in May 1916. He survived the war.