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Gathering fuel, Delville Wood
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Depicts a soldier, wearing a tin helmet, gathering and carrying firewood from the broken and war damaged remains of Delville Wood during the winter, December 1916. Will Dyson was the first Australian ...ART02281.004
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Bapaume church
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Depicts the severely damaged remains of the Bapaume church, with a statue in the foreground. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, trav...ART02285.005
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Winter at Comforts Fund, Delville Wood
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Depicts a soldier in uniform, with a cape over his shoulders and chest to protect against the winter cold, holding a tin cup outstretched in one hand to receive coffee from the Comfort Funds Coffee st...ART02251
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One of the old platoon
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Depicts an Australian soldier in full uniform, with a large pack on his back, standing in a war damaged landscape bending over to pay tribute at the grave of a dead Australian soldier in Pozieres. The...ART02245.002
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Sink on sight
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Depicts the figure of a German naval officer, possibly Admiral Scheer (who conducted the German submarine campaign against shipping) and the ghost of SS Lusitania, in the form of a young woman, wearin...ART90449
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Going over the old ground with B..., Pozieres
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Depicts three men standing in what had been the battlefield of Pozieres on the Western Front. The three men are, from right to left, a soldier in uniform with full kit, wearing a tin helmet, C.E.W. Be...ART02225
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2nd Australian Division's memorial at the Windmill, Pozieres
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Depicts the 2nd Australian Division's memorial, a cross mounted on a pyramid of stones, at the location of the Windmill in Pozieres, France. Behind the memorial is a landscape with hills and a cloud f...ART02311
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Watching the barrage from Mount Kemmel
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Depicts a group of spectators, including Australian, New Zealand and British officers, on Mount Kemmel, a few miles from Ypres, watching an artillery barrage at night. The sky is lit up by German flar...ART02278.009
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Australian main dressing station, Bapaume
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Depicts Australian soldiers walking along a road or seated on the edge of the road, near an encampment, with tents and trucks. The encampment is the main dressing station near Bapaume, France in 1917....ART02322
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Bathing in a shell-hole
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Depicts two men bathing naked in a shell hole filled with water near Murder Valley on the Western Front, while another three men stand and dress or are seated on the edge of the shell hole. Will Dyson...ART02302
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German artillery signalling flag : Reserve Leutnant Blankenberg, 5/28 RIR, German Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Red and yellow check, cotton fabric, signalling flag used by German Infantry. The flag is crudely made and is supported on two opposing edges by sticks that have broken in the middle. There are two k...RELAWM00987
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Our pillbox, Westhoek Ridge, October
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Depicts three soldiers wearing tin helmets looking out across the battlefield at Westhoek Ridge. A wrecked pillbox appears in the background with two gun limbers near it. Will Dyson was the first Aust...ART02268
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Back at Mouquet Farm
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Depicts two unidentified infantrymen, of the 4th Australian division, possibly part of a Vickers machine gun squad, near Mouquet Farm. The man in front is holding a water cooling can for a Vickers Mar...ART02248
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Interrogation of a prisoner
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English officer JJW Herbertson is shown interviewing a German soldier in the officer's living quarters at Montauban, north of the Somme. The German soldier is seated on a wooden crate, while the offic...ART02228
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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...ART02286.007
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Xmas memories
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Depicts a central figure, an ex-serviceman, now a swaggie carrying a swag and billy and followed by his dog. Beside him are two ghostly figures of servicemen, possibly his former mates. The serviceman...ART09933
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Wine of Victory (Wounded German prisoners near Ypres)
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Depicts a wounded German soldier, captured near Ypres, being led by Australian soldiers across a war damaged landscape. Rows of other soldiers can be seen in the background of the scene. Will Dyson wa...ART02293.005
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An Australian Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters, near Nieuport
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Depicts members of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, Australian Siege Artillery Brigade and a view from the headquarters of Artillery Brigade. One man is seated and talking on the telephone, while th...ART02343
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Traffic block, early morning near Cosy Corner on the Somme
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Depicts a row of mule drawn wagons, riders and soldiers stopped in the snow at 'Cosy Corner' on the Somme, France. 'Cosy Corner' was a traffic police control point leading to access to Trones Wood. Wi...ART02393
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[Company awaiting relief]
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Depicts the 2nd Division, 22nd Battalion, a group of soldiers, most standing, one sitting on rock near Ville-sur-Ancre. The company of soldiers, wearing helmets and carrying packs, await relief. Will ...ART19603