Thank you for clarifying that much. I was led to believe, from the article at the FLORIDA REENACTORS ONLINE web article that there was more shown, on the reverse. This is from that article:

It has been a long time coming, but Tasmania’s first war hero has been honoured – 143 years after his death. The heor was John Fearn Francis, a former convict who was transported to Van Diemen’s Land in the 1840’s for receiving stolen goods, without knowing they were stolen. Francis subsequently fought and died in the American Civil War, but since 1864 his body had lain in an unmarked grave at Mansfield, Louisiana, where he lost his life in a fire while tending to the wounded. Now, thanks to the efforts of the American Civil War Round Table of Queensland, his grave has a proper headstone recently erected by the Louisiana Sons of Confederate Veterans. “You can say he was an outstanding Australian war hero,” says James Gray, a member of the American Civil War Round Table of Queensland. “It appears that Francis is in fact Australia’s oldest known military veteran.” Gray, formerly of Florida, is an American Civil War buff who is descended from many veterans who fought for the Confederate forces (the South) during the Civil War. He now lives at Loganholme near Brisbane and spends his time tracking down the graves of veterans of that conflict to ensure they are remembered. “I’ve been able to acquire headstones and memorial plaques for about 15 veterans who came to Australia after the Civil War and then died here,” Gray says. “If we don’t keep track of them, the history is lost forever. I believe more than 200 Australians fought in the American Civil War, and a lot didn’t come back.” John Fearn Francis was born in England, as John Francis Fern, but changed his name after being transported to Tasmania so he wound not bring disgrace to his family in England. The Fern family was well respected and had made a name for itself in the cutlery industry. Records show that Francis worked at the Rocky Creek Convict station in northern Tasmania which was the base for convicts used to clear land for the Van Diemen’s Land Company......................The back of the headstone is inscribed with information denoting that John Fearn Francis was an Australian who died a hero and gave his life in the service of others.

Was the inscription about the Australian connection removed? If so, thank you for clearing up things in the name of proper and thorough history.