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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 end of the Somme Offensive
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Depicts a roadway filed with the heavy guns going out of action along the Pozieres Road, in France, after the end of the Somme offensive. In the foreground is a war damaged landscape, with areas of du...ART02332
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Work done, Bazentin
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Depicts a soldier at rest, wearing his uniform, seated on a chair, covered with a coat, reading a book, in front of a small heater. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the...ART02218
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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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With the tunnellers near Nieuport
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Depicts a group of Australian soldiers (tunnellers). One is seated and reading a letter, while another three are seated and playing cards. One tunnellers stands, wearing a tin helmet, his head resting...ART02300.009
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Pommiers Redoubt
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Depicts two unidentified soldiers of the 5th Division, 14th Brigade getting a hot meal. One is wearing a scarf around his head, the other a cape, and both are wearing gum boots. Will Dyson was the fir...ART02212
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Captain Bean typing despatches after a hard day at Polygon Wood
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Depicts a profile portrait of the head of Charles Bean, official war correspondent, wearing glasses. Australian-born, though raised in Britain, Charles Bean returned to Australia in 1904. He became a ...ART09931
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Back at the waggon lines after Polygon Wood
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Depicts men of either 1st or 2nd Division, Australian Infantry, at waggon lines behind the Front, eating, resting and being served food in a war damaged landscape. Discarded webbing with a bayonet and...ART02270
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Resting after the stunt
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Depicts men of either 1st or 2nd Division at the waggon lines behind the front on 21 September 1917, after the fighting at Polygon Wood on 20 September. 'Stunt' was a common term to describe military ...ART02271
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Battery Commander's dug-out, Hill 60
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Depicts two soldiers in uniform, seated in the interior of a dug-out. The one sitting on the right is probably Major R F Manton, DSO, Commanding of 15 Bty, AFA. A lit candle , tins of food and small s...ART02299.002
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The Freedom of the Seize
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Depicts a large hand rising up from underneath the sea to grab a sinking and on fire ship. In the background another ship can be seen about to be grasped by a hand rising out of the water. The cartoon...ART02256
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Coming back from Passchendaele
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Depicts a group of weary Australian soldiers from either the 2nd or 3rd Australian Division walking along the road in Passchendaele. The soldiers are carrying personal and military equipment, one has ...ART02255
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Battery Commander's dug-out, Hill 60
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Depicts two soldiers in uniform, seated in the interior of a dug-out. The one sitting on the right is probably Major R F Manton, DSO, Commanding of 15 Bty, AFA. A lit candle , tins of food and small s...ART02299.009
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Labour battalion man
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Depicts an unidentified labourer, wearing waterproof cape, rubber boots and a scarf tied over a protective tin helmet, resting on a spade. He has a contemplative expression on his face. Dyson was a so...ART02301
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'K' column, Mobile workshops, Morbecque
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Depicts a number of covered trucks and tents, set up in a square, at K Supply Column's Mobile Workshops, near the town of Morbecque, France. The town's buildings and cathedral can be seen in the backg...ART02354
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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
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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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Messines, morning of the offensive
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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
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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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Evening concert in the salvage camp, Bazentin
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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
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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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Main Street in Bapaume, the day after the town was occupied by the Australians
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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
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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
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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
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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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Early morning near Vaux
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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
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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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One of the old platoon
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Depicts an Australian soldier in full uniform, with a large pack on his back, standing in a war damaged landscape bending over to pay tribute at the grave of a dead Australian soldier in Pozieres. The...ART02245.002
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Sink on sight
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Depicts the figure of a German naval officer, possibly Admiral Scheer (who conducted the German submarine campaign against shipping) and the ghost of SS Lusitania, in the form of a young woman, wearin...ART90449
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Going over the old ground with B..., Pozieres
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Depicts three men standing in what had been the battlefield of Pozieres on the Western Front. The three men are, from right to left, a soldier in uniform with full kit, wearing a tin helmet, C.E.W. Be...ART02225
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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