Studio portrait of three Gainey brothers of the 33rd Battalion and a friend. Standing, left to ...

Studio portrait of three Gainey brothers of the 33rd Battalion and a friend. Standing, left to right: 1833 Private (Pte) Athol Albury Gainey, of Gravesend, NSW; and 2563 Pte Henry Albert Gainey, of Gravesend, NSW. Seated, left to right: possibly 1616 Pte Nathaniel Bartlett; and 1832 Pte Lloyd Arthur Gainey, of Pallamallawa, NSW. The brothers grew up with Nathaniel Bartlett on the North West Slopes area of NSW, and Nathaniel, Athol and Lloyd enlisted at Narrabri on the same day in March 1916. Privates Lloyd and Athol Gainey embarked together with the 2nd Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Port Sydney on 4 September 1916. Pte Henry Gainey embarked with the 5th Reinforcements from Sydney on SS Napier on 17 November 1916. Pte Bartlett embarked from Sydney on HMAT Beltana on 13 May 1916. All three brothers returned to Australia, Pte Henry Gainey on 8 April 1918, Corporal Lloyd Gainey on 23 March 1919, and Pte Athol Gainey on 19 August 1919. L Cpl Bartlett was killed in action in Belgium on 26 September 1917. During the Second World War Lloyd Gainey put his age down and enlisted as a private. Whilst serving with No 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps in Malaya, NX 20318 Sergeant Lloyd Gainey became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese and died in Burma (Myanmar) on 8 May 1943, aged around 47 years.