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Mind Asserting its almost Devilish Superiority over Matter [JJW Herbertson]
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Maker: Dyson, William Henry
Dyson depicts a captured German soldier being interrogated by JJW Herbertson, an English captain that was attached to General Birdwood's 1st ANZAC Corps Intelligence. This cartoon was created by Dyson...ART93273
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The other virgin of Albert
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Maker: Dyson, William Henry
Depicts a figure of a buxom middle aged woman, wearing high heels and carrying a book under her arm. She winks provocatively to someone behind her. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine...ART16155
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The amateur (`Who's cutting this hair, you or me?')
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Depicts two Australian soldiers outside their billet in France, one cutting the other's hair in a rough and awkward manner. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front d...ART02434
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The Last bit of the German trench on the Somme
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Depicts a German trench with the remains of debris, shells and duckboards on the Somme. Dyson wrote that this scene was of 'the last bit of the German trench on the Somme, drawn immediately after the ...ART09921
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Towards Lagnicourt
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Depicts a soldier seated in a trench, wearing a steel helmet, while explosions can be seen on the horizon. Dyson noted that this scene was of 'communication trench in the neighbourhood of Lagnicourt'....ART09922
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Near Cosy Corner
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Depicts a soldier chopping firewood near a camp, with tents, washing on the line near the tent and snow in the background. 'Cosy Corner' was a traffic control point on the Somme, leading to access to...ART02394
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The Wild Colonial Boy
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Depicts the body of an unidentified soldier, lying supine on the ground in a war damaged landscape, while shell bursts can be seen in the background. In Dyson's large collection of war works, this is ...ART02305
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Derelict (one of the original tanks blown out near Thiepval)
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Depicts an armoured vehicle, a wrecked British Mark 1 tank, in a war damaged landscape, with its rear wheels being stripped for salvaged metal. Dyson noted that this work depicted 'One of the first ta...ART02338
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German Officer and lady with menu card
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Depicts a caricature of a German officer in his dress uniform, wearing a sash and leather boots standing behind a plump and buxom woman, who looks affectionately up towards him, while holding menu car...ART11658
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10th Machine Gun Company Headquarters
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Depicts a view into the entrance of the 10th Machine Gun Company Headquarters on the Western Front, with duckboards, barbed wire and debris in front of it, in a war damaged landscape. Dyson wrote that...ART09926
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Small Talk
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Depicts two soldiers lying in a bomb crater, in a war damaged landscape, having a conversation. The full title Dyson gave to this painting was; 'Small Talk: "No Brig., I says/ send me back to the/ boy...ART02430
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Going up again
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Depicts a group of weary soldiers standing in a war damaged landscape, re-equipping themselves after a rest period, with the intention of heading again to the Front Line. Dyson's full title for this w...ART02433
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The garden at V... after Bapaume
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Depicts a number of soldiers standing near cannons, in front of an old French building and trees. On 17 March 1917 Australian troops entered Bapaume and Dyson followed them closely, creating a number ...ART02216
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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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Eternal waiting
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Depicts three soldiers, two sitting on ground, all wearing great coats and waterproof capes and carrying full kit. This drawing was originally intended by Dyson as a battalion Christmas card, and he w...ART02303
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Aid post near Doyle's Post
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Depicts a soldier walking along a snow covered road, towards the damaged remains of a post, with a gate and road sign nearby. The image was created by Dyson on the 'morning of second Messines offensiv...ART02330
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Madame
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Depicts a portrait of a young French woman, sitting, with her head on her hand. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to Fra...ART02392
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A sketch made in France in 1916
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Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a soldier, wearing a steel helmet. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to France ...ART19770
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France, 1917
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Maker: Lindsay, Daryl Ernest
The work depicts a transportation line of the 22nd Australian Army Service Corps [3rd Division] with two planes flying above. The work is in a loose watercolour style similar to that of Will Dyson's -...ART93182
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The cook
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Depicts the figure of a battalion cook, his pipe in his mouth, leaning in the doorway of a kitchen. Dyson had a "fascination with eccentric A.I.F. cooks" and greatly admired the AIF support units who ...ART02304
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Company awaiting relief, the Caterpillar, near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts a number of soldiers in uniform, wearing helmets, resting on the road side awaiting relief. The 'caterpillar' in the title refers to the name of a sunken road south of Ville. Dyson inspected V...ART02250.003
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Jack and his offsider
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Depicts two soldiers, wearing long coats and tin helmets, with one standing and one seated. The two soldiers are waiting for their rations. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to v...ART02263
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The Siege lamp, High Wood
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Depicts a uniformed soldier, wearing a tin hat, and holding a lit match standing in a war damaged landscape about to light a siege lamp. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visi...ART02243
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Opposite my billet, Rue d'Au
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Depicts a view of the back of a man, wearing a cloak and hat, looking up towards the face of a young woman, who peers out of a loft window at him. The window is above an old barber's shop with a tiled...ART02203
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Near Henencourt
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Depicts a landscape with trees and people on a road, near Henencourt, France in 1918. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling ...ART02342
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Evening, Crucifix Corner near Flers
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Depicts a badly war damaged landscape in the evening, with debris in the foreground and smashed trees in the background. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front duri...ART09928
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German prisoners near Messines
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Depicts a standing Australian soldier guarding two German soldiers seated on the ground. One of the seated soldiers wears a German Field Cap, while the soldier on the right has a bandaged head and han...ART02214
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Mending the wires at Wolff huts, Pozieres
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Depicts several Australian soldiers mending communication wires and power poles in a war damaged landscape in Pozieres. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front durin...ART02260
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Cease firing, enemy aeroplanes above
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Depicts a group of officers standing near an 8-inch howitzer gun in a war damaged landscape. They have ceased firing and one officer looks upwards, and indication of an aeroplane firing overhead. The ...ART02230
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Back at the waggon lines comparing souvenirs
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Depicts four soldiers standing around looking at their souvenirs collected during the war, including bayonets and a small gun. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the fron...ART02220
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The batman (Compree washing madame)
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Depicts an Australian soldier leaning against a doorway with a bundle of dirty laundry at his feet, talking to a civilian French woman and asking her if she will do his washing for him. Will Dyson was...ART02431
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Wintery day on the Somme
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Depicts a soldier in uniform, wearing a great coat, standing at the entrance of a dugout, with a kerosene lamp hanging near the door, looking out onto a snowy winter landscape on the Somme in December...ART02411
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Reporting at the Battery
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Depicts two soldiers entering the tent of an Officer in Charge after returning from Forward Observation Post, reporting back to their battery. The Officer in Charge has been woken at night and sits up...ART02277
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The Lagnicourt guns
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Depicts a number of Australian soldiers inspecting field guns and ordanance at rest on the battlefiled, at Lagnicourt. In April 1917 Germans attacked Lagnicourt and Noreuil, initially successful, but ...ART02247
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Near Mametz
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Depicts an unidentified soldier, wearing greatcoat and cape and carrying protective (tin) helmet, standing near the trunk of a war damaged tree near Mametz, on the Western Front. Will Dyson was the f...ART02207
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The Shack, Trone's Wood
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Depicts a soldier, wearing a tin helmet, sitting forlornly under the edge of a shelter. Beside him is a standing figure, wearing a protective rain coat. Will Dyson was the first Australian official wa...ART02420
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Abandoned gun pit outside Flers
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Depicts an abandoned gun pit with sandbags, barbed wire and a wooden infrastructure, outside Flers about January 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during...ART09920
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On the road to Nieuport
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Depicts a war-damaged landscape with broken trees, destroyed artillery and an upturned, broken cart near Nieuport, Belgium. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front d...ART02205
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[Digger lying on his stomach] verso: [Reclining officer with spyglass]
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Depicts an image of an Australian digger in uniform lying on his stomach on the ground, observed from behind. On the verso is an image of an officer, seated on the ground, looking through a spyglass o...ART19710
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Unloading the wounded from ambulance at ACCS
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Depicts a field ambulance being unloaded by a number of men from the rear of the ambulance. Behind the ambulance are a number of hospital tents. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist...ART02264
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Peace at Martinpiuch
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Depicts a scene of a battlefield with war damaged trees in the left background, a damaged truck and a resting cannon. Martinpiuch is in north -western France, close to the Somme battlefield. Will Dyso...ART02204
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Exchanging furphies
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Depicts two soldiers, one standing and one seated, in front of a large tent. The seated soldier is pulling something out of a bag on the ground. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist...ART02259
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Looking for the battalion
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Depicts two soldiers with full kit walking along a road, within a war damaged landscape, somewhere along the Western Front, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the...ART02239
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Entrance to Mouquet Farm dugouts
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Depicts the entrance, with wooden poles, covered in snow to the Mouquet Farm dugouts in France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, t...ART02219
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Abandoned trench, the Somme
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Depicts an abondoned trench on the Somme. The trench is in the foreground, with smashed trees on the edge and there are Nissan huts and tents in the background. The portion of the trench depicted is p...ART09912
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Reinforcements 1917
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Depicts a number of Australian soldiers in uniform seated and standing, reinforcements for the front line. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First W...ART02222.012
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The Raider, P...
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Depicts two soldiers in uniform standing on the edge of a battlefield watching, through binoculars, air raids on the battlefield. A number of search lights can be seen in the background of the image, ...ART02275
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An angry runner on the ridge
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Depicts a soldier wearing a tin helmet, in the lower right corner, moving away from a war damaged ridge. A dark and stormy sky, filled with shell bursts looms in the right hand corner of the drawing. ...ART02235
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The Windmill near Baizieux
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Depicts an old windmill, with a few small shrubs beside it, in a barren landscape, near Baizieux, France in May 1918. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during ...ART02372
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The Deserted Somme, evening, near Bazentin
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Depicts a deserted Somme landscape, with wide fields, a road in the foreground, and a small bush on the right. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the Fir...ART02360
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The Cook's Return ("Didn't I just make Paris sit up!")
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Depicts the figure of a cook returning from a visit to Paris, talking to a group of seated soldiers, inside a tunnel or bunker. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the fro...ART02428
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Linesmen at work, La Houssoye
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Depicts two linesmen up a telegraph pole, repairing or winding wires near La Houssoys, on the Somme in April 1918. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the...ART02408
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Signaller, 2nd Main Line Gun Battalion
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Depicts a portrait of a Signaller from the 2nd Main Line Gun Battalion, wearing a tin helmet and smoking a pipe, sitting on top of a wagon, holding the reins of the horse in front of him. Will Dyson w...ART02323
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Patrolling in no-man's-land on the Somme
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Depicts two unidentified soldiers walking through the mist in the war damaged landscape of No-Man's-Land, the Somme in France. The soldier in the rear has his rifle over his shoulder. Will Dyson was t...ART02313
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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 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 s...ART02299.009
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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. ...ART02295.008
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The grooms, Happy Valley, Franvillers
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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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Australian Gun Hospital on the Bapaume-Cambrai Road
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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
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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
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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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Slightly gassed cases at the 3rd Field Ambulance, Avesnes Bapaume
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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
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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 ...ART02215.007
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Sugar refinery, Pozieres
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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
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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)
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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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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 the...ART02226.008
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With the 2nd Australian tunnellers near Nieuport
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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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Traffic control post to right of Pozieres
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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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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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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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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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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
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Gassed refugees from Armentieres, Hazebrouck
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Depicts two French civilians, an elderly man and a young boy. The elderly man wears sabot (clogs) and his eyes are bandaged following a gas attack. He is seated on a bundle, with the young boy standin...ART02339
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Woman praying at a Shrine
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Maker: Dyson, William Henry
Depicts a young French woman, wearing a waist coat and clogs (sabots) in the foreground kneeling before a shrine, with her head upturned and praying. At the top of the shrine is a small crucifix, a co...ART93002
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Coming out at Hill 60
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Depicts members of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 4th Division, in full kit walking along duckboard tracks over trenches, in a war damaged landscape. This image was reproduced in 'Australia at War...ART02273
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Waiting for the stew
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Depicts a number of Soldiers in uniform seated and waiting for their food at the Company Headquarters. One soldier is smoking a pipe and another is holding a lit candle. When reproduced in 'Australia ...ART02253
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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...ART02297.004
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Searching for German booby traps near Ligny-Thilloy
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Depicts two Australian soldiers, in uniform, wearing tin helmets, walking through a stretch of German trenches on the Somme, warily inspecting their surroundings for booby traps. One soldier holds a t...ART02282.004
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Official photographs, Western Front, First World War, 1917-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Various
This file includes 78 black and white official photographs taken on the Western Front during the First World War, which now form part of the collection of Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood. These ph...RCDIG0000137