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Toothbrush head : Private F A Dyson, 54 Battalion, AIF : Pheasant Wood mass grave, Fromelles
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Toothbrush head made from animal horn, with fifteen rows of four holes to hold the bristles, and four long grooves in the top of the head. The bristles are missing.REL44975.016
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Summer day near Ville-sur-Ancre
Art
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. ...ART02295.008
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The grooms, Happy Valley, Franvillers
Art
Depicts three soldiers, groomsmen, wearing uniform and mounted on large horses, at Franvilliers, in the Somme. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the Fir...ART02284.001
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Messines, morning of the offensive
Art
Depicts a war damaged landscape at dawn, part of the front line at Messines, with the remains of trees, trenches and barbed wire visible and shells exploding on the horizon. The 11th Machine Gun Compa...ART02221.003
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Australian Gun Hospital on the Bapaume-Cambrai Road
Art
Depicts a number of soldiers working on repairing and cleaning field guns at the St. Stamps Gun Hospital in Cambrai, on the Bapaume Road, in August 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official ...ART02337
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The misery of rest camps
Art
Depicts two Australian soldiers at rest inside a tent. They are huddling in the tent while it rains outside somewhere on the Western Front, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war art...ART02240.004
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11 am or a visit from the Corps
Art
Depicts a stern looking officer standing in the doorway of sleeping quarters, with two soldiers in bed, one still asleep while the other has just woken and is sitting up. The room is untidy and clock ...ART02427
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Evening concert in the salvage camp, Bazentin
Art
Depicts a number of men standing beside a wooden hut and a tent, listening to a few men playing musical instruments at Bazentin. The 'evening concert' took place at the Salvage Camp, Bazentin. Will Dy...ART02355
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Slightly gassed cases at the 3rd Field Ambulance, Avesnes Bapaume
Art
Depicts gassed soldiers lying resting on rows of portable beds, under canvas tents at the 3rd Field Ambulance hospital at Avesnes-Bapaume, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti...ART02325
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The Old Flers Road
Art
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 ...ART02215.007
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Sugar refinery, Pozieres
Art
Depicts the damaged remains and wreckage of sugarbeet processing and refining plant at Pozieres, on the Western Front in France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the fr...ART02308
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A funk-hole near Bullecourt
Art
Depicts two soldiers sheltering in a funk hole at night. They are seated and reading by candlelight. The entrance to the hole is draped with a piece of cloth. Will Dyson was the first Australian offic...ART02283.001
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Wine of Victory (Wounded German prisoners near Ypres)
Art
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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With the guns at Lavieville
Art
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 the...ART02226.008
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With the 2nd Australian tunnellers near Nieuport
Art
Maker: Vincent, Day, Brooks and Sons
Depicts members of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company with two men in the tunnel. One is kneeling and working on the rock face, the other is standing. The tunnel is l...ART02287.001
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Main Street in Bapaume, the day after the town was occupied by the Australians
Art
Depicts a scene of the badly damaged ruins of buildings in the main street of Bapaume, with a number of French people and a cart near by. An Australian soldier in uniform, carrying a pack on his back,...ART02379
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D Mess, 1st Anzac Corps Headquarters at Henencourt
Art
Depicts a number of Australian officers seated at the 1st Anzac Corps Headquarters planning and discussing the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt. During this battle, the 1st Anzac Corps would assault their old...ART02359
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4th Battalion memorial, Pozieres
Art
Depicts a cross- shaped memorial to the 4th Battalion, surrounded by a low fence in a barren landscape. Near the memorial are the remnants of war damaged trees. The memorial was at Pozieres, France. W...ART02309
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Traffic control post to right of Pozieres
Art
Depicts an Australian soldier directing two Scottish soldiers in a snow covered landscape at the traffic control post near Pozieres, Western Front. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war art...ART02267
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Early morning near Vaux
Art
Depicts a British 6 inch B.L. Gun stationed near Vaux, to provide heavy artillery support to the infantry. These guns had a firing range of between 12.5 and 17 kilometres so they could be well back fr...ART02227