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At the Casualty Clearing Station
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Depicts an officer seated at a table, his chin resting on his folded hands. Behind him is room full of wounded soldiers, some lying down, others seated and resting. Dyson noted that this work depicted...ART02336
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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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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 sh...ART02299.015
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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 sh...ART02299.016
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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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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 sh...ART02299.003
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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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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 sh...ART02299.014
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Battle of Menin Road
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
The Battle of Menin Road was an offensive operation, part of the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front, which saw the first involvement of Australian units (1st and 2nd Divisions AIF) in the Thir...ART03327
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Bombardment of Hazebrouck (Inhabitants watching the destruction of their homes)
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Depicts a group of French women with bundles of personal possessions beside them , watching the destruction of their town, during the first bombardment of Hazelbrouck. Will Dyson was the first Austra...ART02410
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Breakfast at Ypres
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Depicts three soldiers, two sitting and one standing, around a small brazier preparing breakfast, near Ypres in France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front durin...ART02314
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Brigadier General Charles Brand
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Brigadier General Charles Henry Brand, CB, CMG, DSO, MID, extensive service with the Australians during the war in South Africa, 1899-1902. After the outbreak of war in 1914 he was appointed brigade m...ART03181
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Brigadier General Harold Elliott
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Portrait of Brigadier General Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott, CB, CMG, DSO, DCM, Commanding 15th Brigade (earlier also 7th Battalion and 1st Brigade), 1st Australian Imperial Force. Elliott was at the...ART03182
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Brigadier-General James Heane
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Maker: Quinn, James Peter
Official war artist James Quinn was instructed to paint the portrait of Brigadier-General James Heane CB(M) CMG DSO as part of an ongoing series of portraits that acknowledged senior military leaders ...ART03345
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Bringing up the ammunition, Flanders, Autumn 1917
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Australian soldiers with teams of six horses pulling linked half limbers loaded with boxes of machine gun ammunition. The horses are struggling through the mud as they cross a small river.ART03333
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Bringing up the guns
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Commissioned to produce a large-scale battle scene, Septimus Power drew from his experince on the Western Front as an official war artist from September to December 1917 to create Bringing up the guns...ART03334
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Camouflaged tents, Dickebusch
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Charcoal and watercolour sketch depicting bell tents with rows of sandbags around them, chimney pipes protruding from doorways, and camouflage patterns on canvas at the encampment at Dickebusch. There...ART02924
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Camp scenes
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
This scene shows the encampment of the 1st Australian Division Artillery, 2nd Battery. The view is of the camp with tents and horse lines amid the trees.ART03325
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Captain L. E. Evans MC
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Maker: Kearton, William Frederick
Portrait of Captain L. Ernest Evans, 1st Australian Imperial Force, Australian Engineers, 15th Field Company, who was awarded the Military Cross for his distinguished service against the enemy on the ...ART02654
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Captain Percy Lay
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Captain Percy Lay, MC, DCM, MM, 8th Battalion Australian Imperial Forces, served through the Gallipoli campaign as a private. He reached France with the Battalion early in 1916 and fought with it on t...ART03184
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Cemetery Ypres-Zonnebeke Road
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the grave of Prince Maurice of Battenberg, died 1914, with a recently laid wreath draped over the cross, in the cemetery at Ypre-Zonnebeke Road. The painter, teacher and etcher John Goodchild ...ART02546
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Church ruins at Ypres
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Maker: Boyd, Penleigh
Depicts a church ruin with a group of soldiers in a dug-out shelter.ART50238
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Cloth Hall at Menin Gate
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Watercolour, gouache and charcoal sketch depicting a view of the ruins of Ypres with the Menin Gate in the foreground and Cloth Hall in the background. Ypres was the scene of almost constant fighting...ART02452
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Cloth Hall, Ypres
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Progressively destroyed by German artillery fire from 1914, the great medieval Cloth Hall in Ypres, was in ruins when the Australians fought nearby in the final months of 1917.ART02884
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Cloth Hall, Ypres
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the ruins of the Cloth Hall in the town of Ypres, Belgium, with other ruins of buildings in the background. The painter, teacher and etcher John Goodchild was born in London and arrived in Ade...ART02534
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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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Cook house
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
The cook house for the 1st Division Train, was situated in a wrecked building, with a tent at the left. Three soldiers are sitting near a thatched house peeling vegetablesART03323
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Craterland
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts a wounded man on a stretcher being carried by four German prisoners of war while under armed escort of an Australian soldier. They are walking along a duckboard track past shell holes filled w...ART02925
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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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Dickebusch Church
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts the ruins of a church at Dickebusch in Belgium. The figure of a man, possibly a soldier, can be seen walking past in front of the damaged building. Fred Leist was appointed an official war art...ART02914
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Dingbat's holiday
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Watercolour and gouache sketch depicting a batman (in Australian military slang 'dingbat' is a derogatory term that comes from 'ding' - a vicious dingo and 'bat' from batman which is an officers serva...ART02917
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Divisional headquarters, Dickebusch
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Watercolour sketch depicting a farmhouse 3 miles (5 Kilometres) south west of Dickebusch, used as headquarters for 5th Division AIF during the Third Battle of Ypres (?). On the verso is a pencil sketc...ART02886
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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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[Dug Out]
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Maker: Hawkins, Weaver
Depicts a drawing of a dugout entrance, a piece of hession hangs to the right of the entrance. In the foreground on a chair are some cups and a panikin. A church can be seen in the background of the d...ART19999
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Dump at Sercus
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts two General Service wagons, drawn by horses, being loaded with boxes and crates outside church; Third Battle of Ypres, Western Front.ART02897
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Essenholen bei Pilkem [Ration carriers near Pilkem]
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Maker: Dix, Otto Nierendorf, Karl Felsing, Otto
This image is plate 43 from the portfolio of 50 etchings comprising the series 'Der Krieg (The War)', published by Karl Nierendorf, Berlin and printed by Otto Felsing. This scene is near Pilkem Ridge ...ART50286
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First Australian artillery going into the 3rd Battle of Ypres
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
This work shows a team of six horses, three mounted and three led, struggling through thick mud pulling a heavy 18 pounder gun on the limber. Six other soldiers on foot are helping to haul the gun, al...ART19842
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First Australian Division Artillery going into the 3rd Battle of Ypres
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Features the 1st Australian Division Artillery during the Third Battle of Ypres on the Western Front. 18-pounder guns are pictured being brought forward by teams of six horses, other guns already in p...ART03330
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First bombardment of Hazebrouch
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Depicts a soldier carrying an officer's valise on his shoulders as he walks along a road way in a French village. He walks along with women and children also carrying their belongings and bags. The wo...ART02291
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General Sir William Birdwood
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Maker: Quinn, James Peter Quinn, James Peter
Major General Sir (later Field Marshal Lord) William Riddell Birdwood (of ANZAC, Bt), GCB, GCMG, CIE, DSO, was selected from the Indian Army 1914 to command the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. ...ART03338
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General Sir William Birdwood
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Maker: Quinn, James Peter
Major General Sir (later Field Marshal Lord) William Riddell Birdwood (of ANZAC, Bt) GCB, GCMG, CIE, DSO, was selected from the Indian Army 1914 to command the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. H...ART03339
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Going into action
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
A 1st Australian Division Artillery battery moves into position through the mud, with mules and horses pulling an 18-pounder gun and half limber wagon. Two soldiers on foot are wearing cape groundshe...ART03329
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'Gotha', Scottish camp, Reninghelst
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts searchlights around group of buildings at Reninghelst, 4 miles (6 1/2 Kilometres approx) south west of, searchlights focused on German aircraft on bombing raid on moonlight night; Third Battle...ART02889
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Halles d'Ypres 1914
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Maker: Augis, Marcel
Depicted here is the war damaged Ypres Halls and Belfry tower in Ypres following German bombardment that occurred towards the end of the First Battle of Ypres, in mid November 1914. The red hues Augis...AWM2017.162.8
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Heavy going in Flanders mud
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
This drawing shows a horse team from the 1st Australian Division Artillery, consisting of six horses (three ridden, three led), pulling a half limber wagon and 18-pounder field gun through the mud at ...ART03315
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Hitchi-Koo machine (delousing fumigator)
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Charcoal and watercolour sketch depicting the preventative health services delousing fumigator (Hitchi-Koo machine). Two soldiers are loading the bank of three autoclave ovens with discarded clothing ...ART02908
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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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Horse artillery lines
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Here artist Septimus Power shows three lines of horse shelters, with a group of horses standing under the foreground shelter. A single horse outside the shelter is being attended by a lighthorseman at...ART03314
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Horse artillery lines
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
These are the temporary shelters for the 1st Division Artillery horses. Made of logs and thatched roofs, the railings are lined with nosebags, thus feeding and protecting the horses from the elements.ART03324
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Horse lines, Dickebusch
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts horses tethered under shelter with open sides and corrugated iron roof, unidentified men sitting in sunshine (horses are probably officers' riding horses); Third Battle of, Western Front.ART02888
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Incendie des Halles d'Ypres
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Maker: Unknown
Ypres Cloth Hall, or Lakenhalle, was set on fire in November 1914 by German artillery shells. Cloth Hall was eventually reduced to rubble by 1917, but has since been restored. Belle smith, who served...AWM2018.617.7
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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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Laying the duckboards, France 1917
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Maker: Bell, George
Depicts soldiers from a Pioneer unit laying a duckboard track across muddy fields in a war damaged landscape, probably in the Ypres Salient, France in 1917. The soldiers are wearing sandbags around th...ART03592
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Lieutenant Colonel J H Peck
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Peck, CMG, DSO, General Staff 5th Division, working at AIF headquarters St Gratien. Peck (1886-1928), was born on 22 July 1886 in Sydney. He enlisted as a gunner ...ART02485
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Lieutenant Colonel Terence McSharry
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Lieutenant Colonel Terence Patrick McSharry, CMG, DSO, MC, served with 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, on Gallipoli until 1915 when he joined the 15th Infantry Battalion as adjunc...ART06344
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Lille Gate Cemetery, Ypres
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the Cemetery and graves at Lille Gate in the town of Ypres with a bridge over waterway. The painter, teacher and etcher John Goodchild was born in London and arrived in Adelaide in 1913. He wa...ART02528
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Lille Gate, Ypres
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts the Gate in the walls around (on the south west side opposite the Menin Gate); Third Battle of, Western Front.ART02887
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Lille Gate, Ypres
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Charcoal sketch depicting the Lille Gates at Ypres in Belgium. The road that is travelling through the gates contains horse drawn wagons, civilians, goods, rubble and soldiers. The Australian Division...ART02879
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Major General Joseph Talbot Hobbs
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Portrait of Major General (later Lieutenant General Sir) Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, General Officer Commanding 5th Division Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front during the First World War. Fr...ART02926
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Major General Sir Charles Rosenthal
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Maker: Longstaff, John
A portrait of Major General Sir Charles Rosenthal, KCB, CMG, DSO, MID, General Commanding the 2 Division Australian Imperial Forces on the Western Front and the Third 1st Australian Imperial Force, 3...ART02988
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Major General Sir John Gellibrand
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Maker: Quinn, James Peter
Official war artist James Quinn was instructed to paint the portrait of Major General (later Sir) John Gellibrand, CB(M) (later KCB), DSO and Bar as part of an ongoing series of portraits that acknowl...ART03346
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Major General Sir Joseph Hobbs
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Maker: Quinn, James Peter
Official war artist James Quinn was instructed to paint the portrait of Major General Sir Joseph Hobbs as part of an ongoing series of portraits that acknowledged senior military leaders in the Austra...ART03348
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Major General Thomas William Glasgow
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Maker: Quinn, James Peter
In 1918 official war artist James Quinn received instruction to complete the portrait of Major General (later Sir) Thomas William Glasgow KCB(M), CMG, CB(M), and DSO. William "Bill" Glasgow was one o...ART03341
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Menin Gate at midnight
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Maker: Longstaff, Will
'Menin Gate at midnight' was painted by Will Longstaff to commemorate those soldiers with no marked graves on the Western Front during the First World War; also known as 'Ghosts of Menin Gate'. Longst...ART09807
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Menin Gate lion
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Maker: Unknown
The Menin Gate lions were donated to the Commonwealth of Australia by the Burgomaster of Ypres in 1936. The lions each hold the Ypres Coat of Arms. The lions were given to the Australian government as...ART12510.001
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Menin Gate lion
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Maker: Unknown
The Menin Gate lions were donated to the Commonwealth of Australia by the Burgomaster of Ypres in 1936. The lions each hold the Ypres Coat of Arms. The lions were given to the Australian government as...ART12510.002
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Menin Gate lions
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Maker: Dubois
The Menin Gate Lions are one of the most well-known objects in the Memorial’s collection, flanking the main building’s entrance through which all visitors pass. They represent the ongoing friendship b...ART12510
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Mess parade
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
A group of soldiers stand near a thatched cookhouse, holding their plates waiting for food.ART03320
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Monument to Engineers, Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the memorial to the 15th Field Company, Australian Engineers. Carved in to the wooden cross monument is 'In loving memory of the officers, N.C.O's and men of the 15th Field Company Australian ...ART02537
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New year 1918 inside the 'Inside Inn'
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Maker: Mather, L S
Captain Edward Henry Dike and Captain James Edward Fitzgerald Coyle inside an inn, possibly in Ypres in 1918.ART92786
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Not titled [Landscape, near Vierstraat]
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Double leaf landscape sketch torn from another sketchbook. Depicts the Ypres Sector at 4pm. Benson indicates that the view is from the right of the village Vierstraat. Benson notes that "A [sketch of]...ART03605.029.001
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Old Redoubt in front of Polygon Wood with Passchendaele in distance
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Old Redoubt, a stirring scene of overgrown trenches in front of Polygon Wood, with Passchendaele in distance.ART19761
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One of our Battalion in the Front Line
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Maker: Hawkins, Weaver
Depicts a communications officer sitting at a small wooden table talking on a telephone. He sits outside a dugout in Ypres, where Hawkins was stationed during July 1915 before his evacuation from the ...ART19998
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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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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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Outside the Aid Post at Zonnebeke
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Depicts three standing, wounded soldiers outside a regimental aid post in Zonnebeke, Belgium. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, tra...ART02384
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Pack horses
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Depicts two horses loaded with eight 18-pounder shells, carried in canvas shell carriers. Power was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1877. When he was young his family immigrated to Australia and settl...ART03317
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Peelers' paradise
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Depicts three soldiers from the 1st Australian Division of the AIF sitting near the front of a thatch-roofed house peeling vegetables, the camp kitchen is in background. This is during the Third Battl...ART03309
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Ramparts of Ypres from the Menin Gate
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Maker: Fullwood, A Henry
Depicts a view of the ramparts of Ypres from the Menin Gate, showing a war ravaged landscape and a flock of birds flying through the sky. Albert Henry Fullwood was born in Birmingham, England in March...ART02453
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recto: Division Headquarters, Ypres. "G" clerks & draughtsmen's room; verso: Memorial page from "Scotch Collegian" [page 6]
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Maker: Lothian, John George
recto: An interior view of the 3rd Division Head Quarters at Ypres, where Lothian was stationed during 1917. verso: A list of names of former Scotch College students who died in the First World War. T...ART92337.005
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recto: Old Mill S_.; verso: Ypres [page 9]
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Maker: Lothian, John George
recto: A sketch of two views of a windmill and a small farmhouse, probably near Messines, Belgium. verso: A sketch of some buildings in Ypres. Some taller sections have been blasted away, and the arti...ART92337.008
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Red Cross barges
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Depicts hospital barges on a canal, which were manned by British Army Medical Corps orderlies and Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service nurses (QAIMNS, QAs). The converted barges, which ...ART02898
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Repairing room, divisional baths
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Maker: Leist, Fred
Charcoal sketch depicting a sewing room with women repairing items of uniform. Finished items are hanging from a line on the ceiling and there is an iron stove in the centre of the room. Frederick Le...ART02921
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Reserves in the trenches
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Australian soldiers wait in the trenches at Passchendaele in Belgium. In the distance is a pall of smoke and ruined trees, hinting at what lies ahead for the soldiers. The Battle of Passchendaele was ...ART03310
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Reservoir Cemetery, Ypres
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Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts the war graves at Reservoir Cmetery in Ypres, Belgium with buildings in the distance and bare trees in the background of the cemetery giving the image a solemn, haunted feel. The painter, teac...ART02541
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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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Ruined church in Belgium
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Maker: Stewart, James Warren
Depicts the ruins of a church in Ypres. The town sustained heavy damage due to the intense fighting that took place there during the First World War. Captured by the Germans early during the war in191...ART19547
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Ruins of Cloth Hall, Ypres
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
The cloth hall at Ypres, one of the largest civil buildings in the Gothic style in Europe went up in flames on the 22 November 1914.ART15472
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Sergeant Walter "Wally" Brown, VC
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Maker: Longstaff, John
A portrait of Sergeant Walter Ernest Brown, VC, DCM, (VC awarded for actions at - Accroche Wood), (later also 2/15th Field Regiment, 2 AIF) 1928; 20th Infantry Battalion.ART09490
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Shell pack horses at a dump
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Two horses are loaded with 18-pounder shells, which are carried in canvas shell carriers. The horses stand at an ammunition dump, with ammunition on the ground in front of them.ART03316
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Shell pack horses in the mud
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Maker: Power, H Septimus
Two horses from the 1st Australian Division Ordnance units are struggling through the mud. One is being led, and the other ridden, with each horse carrying shells for 18 pounder field guns. The shells...ART03307
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[St Bertaire], Ypres; verso: Fricourt - Somme
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Double leaf with watercolour drawings recto and verso attached to scrapbook leaf. Recto: depicts a bomb-damaged church in Ypres. Verso: Fricourt - Somme, depicting a landscape sketch of the Fricourt c...ART03605.025.001
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The Battle of Messines
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Maker: Wheeler, Charles
The Battle of Messines, codenamed ‘Magnum Opus’, began at 3:10am on 7 June 1917, after a seven day preliminary bombardment, with the detonation of 19 huge mines that obliterated thousands of frontline...ART03557
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The Cloth Hall at Ypres
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Sketchbook leaf attached to scrapbook depicting a black ink and sepia watercolour sketch of the shell damaged Cloth Hall and St Martin's Cathedral. The surrounding landscape is barren, evidence to the...ART03605.026
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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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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 tunneling through sandy dunes with Tunnelling machinery; here a dynamo ...ART02209.001
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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
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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 tunneling through sandy dunes with Tunnelling machinery; here a dynamo ...ART02209.002
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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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Tommies staging in the tunnels (In the Tunnel- Hill 60)
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Depicts an image of soldiers from the British Army, possibly the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) sleeping in tunnels. The 'Vine Street' sign on wall refers to street of that name in London. The e...ART02246.002