Outdoor portrait of Captain (Capt) Leslie Richard Hartland, 8th Battalion from Black Rock, ...

Outdoor portrait of Captain (Capt) Leslie Richard Hartland, 8th Battalion from Black Rock, Victoria. A 23 year old public servant prior to being appointed a Second Lieutenant on 23 August 1914, he embarked for overseas as a Honorary Captain with G Company from Melbourne on 19 October 1914 aboard HMAT Benalla (A24). After a stopover in Albany, Western Australia, they arrived in Egypt on 2 December 1914. Following further training in Egypt, the battalion took part in the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 1915 as part of the second wave. Capt Hartland was taken ill at Gallipoli in May and after receiving medical treatment, returned to duty twelve days later. He was then killed in action by enemy shelling on 26 July 1915 and was buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. His brother, 1361 Private William Bullen Hartland was also killed in action at Gallipoli on 20 August 1915. In the background of the image is Capt William Frederick Hodgson, also of the 8th Battalion from Auburn, Victoria. He was a 43 year old warehouseman and commercial traveller serving in the 48th Infantry Militia when he was appointed a Captain in the AIF on 25 August 1914. He embarked for overseas with Capt Hartland and was wounded in action during the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Capt Hodgson died from his wounds aboard HMAT Seang Choon on 29 April and was buried at sea. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey with others who have no known grave. This image is from the collection of brothers Lt Alan Crawford Couve and 2nd Lt Henry Thomas Ladson Couve from Dandenong, Victoria. They photographed members of their unit in Egypt prior to serving at Gallipoli where they both died.