Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Rupert Sunderland Barrett from Ballarat, Victoria (sitting) ...

Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Rupert Sunderland Barrett from Ballarat, Victoria (sitting) and 285 Sergeant (Sgt) Henry Thomas Ladson Couve from Dandenong, Victoria, (standing beside the horse). Both embarked for overseas with C Company 8th Battalion 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 as part of the second wave. Lt Barrett was a 32 year old station overseer prior to being appointed a Lieutenant in the AIF on 28 August 1914. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and is buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Sgt Couve was a 24 year civil servant prior to enlisting on 21 August 1914 and he was promoted to Sergeant the next day. Following promotion to Second Lieutenant on 28 April 1915, he was killed in action on 8 May 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, 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.