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Dyson, William H (War Artist d.1938)
Private Record
Maker: Dyson, William Henry
PHOTOCOPY OF DEATH CERTIFICATE OF WILL DYSON, 19383DRL/7134
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Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. First bombardment.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. First bombardment.H03435
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Mind Asserting its almost Devilish Superiority over Matter [JJW Herbertson]
Art
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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Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "Traffic control post right of Pozieres, winter 1917."
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "Traffic control post right of Pozieres, winter 1917."H03434
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Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "For W- Machine Gun Company Messines Ridge."
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "For W- Machine Gun Company Messines Ridge."H03429
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Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "One of the old platoon - near Gibralter Somme."
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "One of the old platoon - near Gibralter Somme."H03433
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Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "Going over the old ground with B-"
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "Going over the old ground with B-"H03428
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Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "Morning after the 20th September stint - The mail back at the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "Morning after the 20th September stint - The mail back at the Wagon Lines."H03432
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Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. " Fletch and Dan coming back from Igaree Corner Lagnicourt."
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. " Fletch and Dan coming back from Igaree Corner Lagnicourt."H03431
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Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "Back at the wagon line comparing souvenirs at D- after the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Copy of a drawing by Will Dyson. "Back at the wagon line comparing souvenirs at D- after the opening show of the Passchendaele Offensive."H03430
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Lieutenant Will Dyson, Australian Official Artist, sketching a horse in the outdoors.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Lieutenant Will Dyson, Australian Official Artist, sketching a horse in the outdoors.E02257
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If my poor old Dad...
Art
Depicts a cartoon of a donkey stuck in a water filled shell hole, while shell bursts and explosions can be seen on the horizon. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine-gun officer J. C. D...ART16156
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Isn't there any flamin, droughts in this country
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Depicts a humorous caricature of soldier tramping through mud on the Western Front and dripping with rainwater. This was one of three sketches Dyson gave to machine-gun officer J. C. Dunningham as a t...ART16157
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The other virgin of Albert
Art
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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Any orders today, Sire?
Art
Depicts the dejected figure of Kaiser Wilhelm II slumped in his throne, overshadowed by the huge winged figure of Death, a skeleton wearing a robe and carrying a sickle. This cartoon was published in ...ART02418
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German Judge and Jury
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Depicts an elderly judge, wearing his robes and wig, with the German eagle resting on his head, holding a piece of crumpled paper in his hand. Opposite him is a German officer, in uniform, wearing a h...ART02289
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The sink on sight order
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Depicts a cartoon by Dyson commenting on government policies, particularly those associated with Kaiser Wilhelm II. The cartoon incorporates the figures of a German military man, with orders to 'sink...ART02237
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Another scrap of paper
Art
Depicts the figure of the god of war, Mars, standing astride a canon and tearing up a piece of paper, a deed, on which is written ; 'I, Mars, God of War, hereby do promise To Germany Kingship over all...ART02424
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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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Australian Trench Mortar 'possy' in Treux
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Depicts a badly damaged building at Treaux or Ville-sur-Ancre in April 1918. Dyson titled this work 'Street at ....Trench Mortar Posee, Treux or Ville-sur-Ancre'. Will Dyson was the first Australian o...ART02414
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Australia at War: Drawings at the Front
Art
Maker: Cecil Palmer & Hayward Ltd. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Ltd.
Advertising poster depicting an Australian soldier in uniform, wearing a steel helmet and carrying a full pack. The poster was produced in London to advertise Will Dyson's publication 'Australia at Wa...ARTV03826
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Shelled steamroller near Fricourt
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Depicts a damaged steamroller, leaning on its side, in a snow covered landscape. The steamroller was observed by Dyson near Fricourt. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit t...ART02335
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Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts a landscape view of the region of Ville-sur-Ancre, with Dyson noting that the image shows 'the day after taking- from a hopping off point'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war art...ART02348
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The veteran who did not tell the truth about his age
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Depicts an elderly soldier, in uniform, in a tent sitting on box beside his camp bed. Will Dyson drew this image of a veteran at Etaples in December 1916. Will Dyson was the first Australian official ...ART02399
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Pozieres, 1916
Art
Depicts the war damaged landscape at Pozieres, France, in 1916, with the ruins of a building in the background. Dyson drew this work of the Pozieres battlefield towards Christmas of 1916, showing the ...ART09911
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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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Caterpillar Gully, Mametz Road, Somme
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Depicts a war damaged landscape with a roadway winding through it. Dyson wrote that this scene depicted, 'Caterpillar Gully, Mametz Road, Somme, 1917'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war...ART09932
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Lieutenant Will Dyson, Australian Official Artist, sketching in the 'Caterpillar', near Ville-sur ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Lieutenant Will Dyson, Australian Official Artist, sketching in the 'Caterpillar', near Ville-sur Ancre, in France. The 'Big' and 'Little Caterpillars', so called from their worm-like appearance on th...E02437
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The Camp Mascot
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Depicts a soldier seated next to a small boy, who is playing with a box. Dyson originally titled this work 'The Camp Mascot. Domesticity near Poperinghe'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official ...ART02390
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Lieutenant Will Dyson (left), Australian official artist, sketching, in the 'Caterpiller', an ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Lieutenant Will Dyson (left), Australian official artist, sketching, in the 'Caterpiller', an intersection of two sunken roads. Two other men rest and smoke a cigarette. German lines were less than 50...E02439
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Columbia to the Kaiser
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Depicts the figures of a Prussian officer, holding his helmet in his left hand, the female figure of Columbia, standing holding a sword and the female figure of Humanity, with wings and a small child ...ART02417
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Digger
Art
Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a portrait of an Australian soldier in a full battle kit. Painted by Will Dyson and Frank Crozier in collaboration.ART15473
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AWM265 21/4/6 PART 5 - [Australian War Memorial Museum registry file:] Caricature of a Hun by Will Dyson - Confirmation of whereabouts
Digitised Collection
RCDIG1066547
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AWM93 18/2/19 - [Australian War Memorial registry file:] Large Canvas by Will Dyson
Digitised Collection
RCDIG1066872
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After the Zeppelin raids
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Depicts a German family scene, consisting of a mother, holding baby and scolding a small child for disturbing her father. The father, a German officer in uniform, slumps wearily in a chair. The captio...ART02294
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[Prussian officer and man with air raid in progress]
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Depicts a figure of a Prussian officer and a man, possibly the British Prime Minister, standing on top of a hill, with surprised expressions on their faces, while airplanes circle around them and over...ART02423
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AWM93 18/1/106 - [Australian War Memorial registry file:] Cartoons by Mr Will Dyson
Digitised Collection
RCDIG1066871
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Illustrating the low distribution of an instantaneous fused shell, which burst in a street. The ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Illustrating the low distribution of an instantaneous fused shell, which burst in a street. The officer is Lieutenant Will Dyson, the Australian Official Artist.E02106
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Dynamite diplomatists
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Depicts the figures of two German men; one is standing and crying, while the other is seated at a desk, writing in a ledger book. The text accompanying this cartoon, when it was published in the 'Dail...ART02415
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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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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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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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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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Traffic Control
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Depicts a standing figure of a soldier wearing a greatcoat and boots, holding a kerosene lantern. He stands in a roadway. Dyson titled this work 'Traffic Control Somme 1917'. Behind him is another sol...ART02398
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Dead beat, the tunnel, Hill 60
Art
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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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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The scarecrow: 'It's a bloomin' civvy!'
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Depicts two soldiers, one wearing a tin helmet and rain cloak, the other with a bandaged head, encountering a scarecrow in a field. A wrecked and overturned canon appears in the background. The irony...ART02429
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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
Art
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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Vaulx Wood waggon post
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Depicts four stretcher bearers carrying wounded soldier towards an ambulance, near a wood in north western France. The stretcher bearers on the left are wearing leather leggings, so are probably the d...ART02208
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Rations: 'Seen any of our mob about?'
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Depicts a soldier, carrying a large rucksack on his back, delivering food rations to a lonely, seated soldier. The soldier delivering food asks the seated soldier if he has 'seen any of our mob about...ART02432
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2nd Tunnellers Cookhouse at Nieuport
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Depicts the figure of a cook, with his sleeves rolled up, standing in the doorway of the 'Cook House', in the cellars of Nieuport. Behind him, in the cellar, can be seen a table with pots and tins on ...ART02402
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Moquet Farm, Pozieres
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Depicts war damaged landscape at Moquet Farm, near Pozieres, France, with debris and smashed tree in the foreground and entrance to German reinforced dugout in background. The scene was drawn by Dyson...ART09910
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The Freedom of the Ceasar
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Depicts the figure of Julius Ceasar, emperor (in the guise of a German officer) standing on top of a dais, surveying the scene before him of the sinking and bombing of a ship and the drowning of a num...ART02254
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The damaged plane, CCS at Vaux [Horses and ruined buildings] (verso)
Art
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 cookers near Villers-Bretonneux
Art
Maker: Dyson, William Henry
Depicts a field kitchen near Villers Bretonneux, Western Front, with cooks standing around a field kitchen preparing meal. Horse drawn wagons are passing by to the right of the kitchen, while a queue ...ART02296.014
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Stepping stones to higher things
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Depicts a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II climbing up a huge pile of human skulls, representing war dead, while smoking ruins appear in the background. Dyson's distinctive biting satire aimed at war a...ART02265
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Wuremburg horrors
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Depicts a cartoon of a German military man, dressed in a long coat and cap, standing on the bow of a ship while a ship sinks beside him. The image is a comment on the all out submarine warfare announc...ART02238
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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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Captain Wilkins operating a cinema machine, Hindenburg Line
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Depicts Captain George Hubert Wilkins, official war photographer, viewed from behind, standing in a war damaged landscape behind a cinema camera, near the Hindenberg Line in France. Dyson noted that t...ART09914
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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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Ypres from the road near Zillebeek
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Depicts a war damaged landscape with smashed trees and ruined buildings on the horizon, near Ypres. Dyson wrote that the scene was of 'Ypres from the road near Zillebeek'. Will Dyson was the first Aus...ART09925
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Gibralter (A German strong post at Pozieres)
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Depicts a war grave and ruins of a German strong point known as ''Gibralter", finally taken by Australians on the Western Front in 1918. Dyson was on the Pozieres battlefields in April 1917 and August...ART02306
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Madame
Art
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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Darge Photographic Company collection of negatives
Photograph
Maker: Darge Photographic Company
Portrait of Dyson (soldier). This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge Photographic Company which had the concession to take photographs at the Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps dur...DACS1487
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Mirages to order
Art
Maker: Land & Water
This cartoon was published in 'Land and Water' 4 December 1915, in London, and comments on the German idea that the East had been made to take the place of Paris, Calais and Petrograd, Russia as the '...ART02421
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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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Turnbull, Jennifer
Manuscript
Maker: Turnbull, Jennifer
Thesis "Australian artists in the Great War. The origin and nature of the AWM's pictorial collection representing the First World war with special reference to George Lambert and Will Dyson". Covers C...MSS0877
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AWM93 18/7/5 PART 3 - [Australian War Memorial registry file:] Publication and purchase of cartoons by Will Dyson
Digitised Collection
RCDIG1066883
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A reputation befouled
Art
Maker: Daily News
Depicts the cartoon published in the London 'Daily News', 26 October 1915, commenting on the execution of Edith Cavell, a British nurse accused by the Germans of being a spy. The slumped and bloodied ...ART02419
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Reinforcements 1917
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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 World War, travelling...ART02222.013
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AWM93 18/7/5 PART 1 - [Australian War Memorial registry file:] Publication and purchase of cartoons by Will Dyson
Digitised Collection
RCDIG1066881
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France, 1917
Art
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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Near Behencourt
Art
Depicts a view of the landscape, with roadway leading to the small village of Behencourt, France, which is in the background of the scene. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to vi...ART02381
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War to save German culture
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"War to save German Culture" was subtitled 'Goethe, Beethoven, Wagner - in humble chorus - "How, Oh Saviour Krupp, how can we ever thank thee!"'. Will Dyson has depicted the figure of Krupp seated on ...ART19898
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A view of the Somme Valley above Corbie. It was while flying low over these trees that von ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
A view of the Somme Valley above Corbie. It was while flying low over these trees that von Richthofen was killed in front of the clearing on the right. Lieutenant Will Dyson, the Australian Official A...E02405
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AWM93 18/7/5 PART 2 - [Australian War Memorial registry file:] Publication and purchase of cartoons by Will Dyson
Digitised Collection
RCDIG1066882
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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...ART02246.003
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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...ART02246.012
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Respect for Culture
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Depicts a figure of a seated German officer, pulling on his boots, in a hotel room. He turns to yell at a buxom woman who has a worried expression on her face as she flees towards the door and away fr...ART19897
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Kaiser and Germania
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Depicts two figures, either Kaiser Wilhelm II and Emperor Franz Josef or 'Germania' and Wilhelm. The thin, elderly figure on the right may also represent the declining Austro-Hungarian empire gazing ...ART02292
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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