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The mate (In memory of W..., Machine Gun Company, Messines Ridge)
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Depicts an Australian soldier carving a cross with an ornate rising sun for his fallen mate. Dyson witnessed this event on August 1st, 1917 on Messines Ridge, near Ypres in Belgium. Will Dyson was the...ART02231
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Dead beat, the tunnel, Hill 60
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Depicts an exhausted Australian soldier wearing full kit and greatcoat, sleeping in a tunnel during the Third Battle of Ypres. Indistinct figures of two other soldiers seen in the background. Dyson, a...ART02210
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The damaged plane, CCS at Vaux [Horses and ruined buildings] (verso)
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In 1916 artist Will Dyson travelled to the Western Front to capture the experience of Australian soldiers first hand. Here he records a damaged BE2e aircraft which has landed at a casualty clearing st...ART02279
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Dr Doyle, 8th Battalion, making out honours recommendations in the Swan area, Ypres
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Depicts a portrait of Dr. Doyle, seated on a duffle bag or pack, writing names down on a note pad. Dyson noted that this work was of 'Doctor Doyle of the 8th Battalion making out recommendations for h...ART09923
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Back at the waggon lines after Polygon Wood
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Depicts men of either 1st or 2nd Division, Australian Infantry, at waggon lines behind the Front, eating, resting and being served food in a war damaged landscape. Discarded webbing with a bayonet and...ART02270
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Resting after the stunt
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Depicts men of either 1st or 2nd Division at the waggon lines behind the front on 21 September 1917, after the fighting at Polygon Wood on 20 September. 'Stunt' was a common term to describe military ...ART02271
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Battery Commander's dug-out, Hill 60
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Depicts two soldiers in uniform, seated in the interior of a dug-out. The one sitting on the right is probably Major R F Manton, DSO, Commanding of 15 Bty, AFA. A lit candle , tins of food and small s...ART02299.002
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Coming back from Passchendaele
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Depicts a group of weary Australian soldiers from either the 2nd or 3rd Australian Division walking along the road in Passchendaele. The soldiers are carrying personal and military equipment, one has ...ART02255
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Battery Commander's dug-out, Hill 60
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Depicts two soldiers in uniform, seated in the interior of a dug-out. The one sitting on the right is probably Major R F Manton, DSO, Commanding of 15 Bty, AFA. A lit candle , tins of food and small s...ART02299.009
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Labour battalion man
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Depicts an unidentified labourer, wearing waterproof cape, rubber boots and a scarf tied over a protective tin helmet, resting on a spade. He has a contemplative expression on his face. Dyson was a so...ART02301
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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...ART02293.002
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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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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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Home comforts in the tunnels, Hill 60
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Depicts members of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company showing two men sitting in dug out in a tunnel, furnished with camp beds and boxes for tables and seats. The dug...ART02280.005
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Outside Colonel B...'s dressing station, Menin Road
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Depicts a group of Australian 1st and 2nd Australian Division unidentified, wounded soldiers sitting outside a dressing station on Menin Road, with a stretcher lying on the roof of the dressing statio...ART02206
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The Dynamo, Hill 60
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Depicts two Australian miners of the First Australian Tunnelling Company who at Hill 60, near Ypres in Belgium, were involved in tunnelling through sandy dunes with machinery; here a dynamo for electr...ART02209.013