Next of Kin Memorial Plaque

Next of Kin Memorial Plaques were awarded to the next of kin of servicemen and women from the British Empire who were killed while serving overseas during the First World War, or who died of wounds received while serving overseas between 4 August 1914 and 30 April 1920. Over a million plaques were produced.

This particular plaque was for William George Malone, one of New Zealand's outstanding soldiers of the Gallipoli campaign. On the outbreak of war in August 1914, Malone was appointed to command the Wellington Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was the oldest man in the battalion, but was successful in building a strong and ordered force. He died in battle after briefly securing Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915.

The plaque is on display at Te Papa in Gallipoli: The scale of our war.