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Caterpillar Gully, Mametz Road, Somme
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Depicts a war damaged landscape with a roadway winding through it. Dyson wrote that this scene depicted, 'Caterpillar Gully, Mametz Road, Somme, 1917'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war...ART09932
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Traffic Control
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Depicts a standing figure of a soldier wearing a greatcoat and boots, holding a kerosene lantern. He stands in a roadway. Dyson titled this work 'Traffic Control Somme 1917'. Behind him is another sol...ART02398
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Refugees after German offensive
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Depicts a French man and women viewed from the rear, carrying their belongings, with their cow walking behind them. The man and woman are refugees, driven from their homes by the German offensive on t...ART02317
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Domestic scene in the Somme
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Depicts a number of soldiers seated, resting, reading or drinking near two tents in the French countryside, near the Somme. The soldiers are probably members of a salvage company operating on the dese...ART09908
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In Bapaume the day after its occupation
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Depicts two soldiers, wearing waterproof capes and tin helmets, apprehensively walking through wreckage of the town of Bapaume in March 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to...ART02318
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From an Australian Battalion Headquarters in Marrett Wood
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Depicts a view of a landscape, with a winding road, trees, piles of debris and a seated and standing soldier from the Australian Battalion's Headquarters in Marriot Wood, France. Will Dyson was the fi...ART02365
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Switch trench, the Somme
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Depicts a soldier standing in a trench on duckboards, in the Somme, with a war damaged landscape in the background. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during th...ART09929
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Civilian cemetery on the Somme battlefield
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Depicts a war damaged and smashed tree and a number of broken tombstones in the civilian cemetery on the Somme battlefield, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the...ART02358
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A Nissen hut camp on the Somme
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Depicts a camp site on the Somme in 1917, consisting of a number of Nissen huts, piles of supplies, a rubbish dump and men working on a power pole. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war art...ART02367
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Back with the Civilians
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Depicts a seated soldier, in the foreground, observing a young French woman, who wears a head scarf. Behind them are the war damaged buildings of a French village. Will Dyson made the work in the Somm...ART02403
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The Old Flers Road
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Depicts the war damaged landscape and snow covered roadway of the old Flers Road, near the Somme, France, with an upturned wagon, damaged tools and snow barricades. Will Dyson was the first Australian...ART90833
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Sunset from Wolfe Huts
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Depicts a sunset over a barren landscape at the Somme, France, from Wolfe Huts, in 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelli...ART02373
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German prisoners at the Corps Cage, Bazentin
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Depicts a group of German soldiers in a temporary holding 'cage' at Bazentin, France, before being sent to permanent prisoner of war camp.The soldiers all have forlorn expressions on their faces. Wil...ART02363
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The peasant who refused to leave Barleux
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Depicts an elderly French peasant woman, wearing a scarf and apron, digging and working on farm. In the background is an 8 inch Breech Loading Howitzer Mark IV field gun and behind this, the silhouett...ART02340
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Overhead cover in a deserted trench, the Somme
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Depicts the overhead cover, with piles of sandbags on top, of a trench on the Somme in 1917. In the foreground are used shells and debris. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to vi...ART09916
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The cookers near Villers-Bretonneux
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Maker: Vincent, Day, Brooks and Sons
Depicts a field kitchen near Villers Bretonneux, Western Front, with cooks standing around a field kitchen preparing meal. Horse drawn wagons are passing by to the right of the kitchen, while a queue ...ART02296.001
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Summer day near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts two Australian soldiers resting and dozing against the wheel of a cart. On top of the cart is an empty wine barrel. The soldiers are seated on the edge of a trench in a war damaged landscape. ...ART02295.003
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Deserted horse lines near Pommier Redoubt
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Depicts a deserted wooden building draped with cloths, next to a Nissan hut in a war damaged landscape on the Western Front. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02286.002
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Preparing the Brazier
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Depicts two soldiers, each wearing heavy long coats and hats, in front of a tent. One is standing and gazing into a small fire burning in a brazier, while the other is seated, warming his hands in fro...ART02297.002
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Looking towards Albert from 2nd Machine Gun Battalion's billets, Baizieux
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Depicts a view of a landscape of undulating hills observed from inside the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion's billet in Baizieux, near Picardie and the Somme in France. Will Dyson was the first Australian of...ART02307
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Summer day near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts two Australian soldiers resting and dozing against the wheel of a cart. On top of the cart is an empty wine barrel. The soldiers are seated on the edge of a trench in a war damaged landscape. ...ART02295.012
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Compensation (back at the waggon lines)
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Depicts a young Australian soldier with his horse talking to young French woman near waggon lines. In the background are other horses and waggons. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02274.007
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Starlight Steve interrupts a friendly game
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Depicts a group of officers in uniform playing cards in the billet at Albert on the Western Front. They are about to be interrupted by 'Starlight Steve', a notorious German nocturnal raider. Will Dyso...ART02315
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The Old Flers Road
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Depicts the war damaged landscape and snow covered roadway of the old Flers Road, near the Somme, France, with an upturned wagon, damaged tools and snow barricades. Will Dyson was the first Australian...ART02215.002
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Summer day near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts two Australian soldiers resting and dozing against the wheel of a cart. On top of the cart is an empty wine barrel. The soldiers are seated on the edge of a trench in a war damaged landscape. ...ART02295.002
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German prisoners on road construction work
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Depicts the figures of three German prisoners of war, wearing heavy boots, working on road making on the Somme in December 1916. One holds a broom in his hand while the other carries a spade. They sta...ART02412
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Summer day near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts two Australian soldiers resting and dozing against the wheel of a cart. On top of the cart is an empty wine barrel. The soldiers are seated on the edge of a trench in a war damaged landscape. ...ART02295.013
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Compensation (back at the waggon lines)
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Depicts a young Australian soldier with his horse talking to young French woman near waggon lines. In the background are other horses and waggons. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02274.006
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Summer day near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts two Australian soldiers resting and dozing against the wheel of a cart. On top of the cart is an empty wine barrel. The soldiers are seated on the edge of a trench in a war damaged landscape. ...ART02295.001
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Corps Headquarters grooms' mess in Chateau Heilly
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Depicts a number of soldiers and officers seated, resting and talking at the grooms' and other ranks' mess in the Chateau at Heilly, France, the Headquarters of 1 Anzac Corps. Will Dyson was the first...ART02409
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The Old Flers Road
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Depicts the war damaged landscape and snow covered roadway of the old Flers Road, near the Somme, France, with an upturned wagon, damaged tools and snow barricades. Will Dyson was the first Australian...ART02215.001
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Compensation (back at the waggon lines)
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Depicts a young Australian soldier with his horse talking to young French woman near waggon lines. In the background are other horses and waggons. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02274.005
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1st Anzac Corps salvage camp on the Somme
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Depicts a number of men sheltering under tents, seated around a table, with pieces of machinery beside the tents and a washing line with clothes on it. In the background is a war damaged landscape, wi...ART02383
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Deserted horse lines near Pommier Redoubt
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Depicts a deserted wooden building draped with cloths, next to a Nissan hut in a war damaged landscape on the Western Front. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02286.003
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Deserted horse lines near Pommier Redoubt
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Depicts a deserted wooden building draped with cloths, next to a Nissan hut in a war damaged landscape on the Western Front. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...ART02286.001
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Preparing the Brazier
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Depicts two soldiers, each wearing heavy long coats and hats, in front of a tent. One is standing and gazing into a small fire burning in a brazier, while the other is seated, warming his hands in fro...ART02297.003
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Compensation (back at the waggon lines)
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Depicts a young Australian soldier with his horse talking to young French woman near waggon lines. In the background are other horses and waggons. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02274.012
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Australian aid post outside Vaux
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Depicts a view of the interior of an Australian Regimental aid Post, outside Vaux, near Bullecourt, with an officer and two orderlies inside. In the foreground is a table with piles of dressings and b...ART02356
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.012
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.013
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.003
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.002
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Wecome back to the Somme
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Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.004
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With the guns at Lavieville
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Depicts two soldiers at rest with their ammunition, guns and a donkey at Lavieville, near Amiens, in north-western France. The gun is an 18-pounder and piles of shells rest in right fore- ground of th...ART02226.009
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Ordnance workshops, Cambrai Road
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Depicts a number of Australian soldiers preparing and working with field guns and ordnance at a workshop near Bapaume. The image shows a view of part of the ordnance workshop, with ruined buildings in...ART02258.006
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The stragglers
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Four servicemen are group in the right lower corner of the picture, one seated. They look out across a valley to the horizon. Frank Crozier worked initially as a decorator and clerk before enlisting i...ART00216