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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
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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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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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Xmas memories
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Depicts a central figure, an ex-serviceman, now a swaggie carrying a swag and billy and followed by his dog. Beside him are two ghostly figures of servicemen, possibly his former mates. The serviceman...ART09933
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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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1st Anzac Corps Head Quarters, Pozieres
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Depicts the Nissan huts and tents in a valley, surrounded by hills, of the 1st Anzac Corps Head Quarters at Pozieres in France during April and May 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official w...ART02364
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Shopping in Albert
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Depicts two soldiers, one in a great coat and hat, the other in uniform, boots and a tin helmet, standing near a window in a building where a French woman sells 'various articles' (French sign on the ...ART02396
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Welcome back to the Somme
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Maker: Vincent, Day, Brooks and Sons
Depicts a group of marching troops in the Somme district. Beside them, on the side of the road, are a group of women and children welcoming Australian troops as they returned to the Somme area to coun...ART02252.001
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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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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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With Manton's Guns, Hill 60
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Depicts several soldiers seated in trenches and dugouts, some checking over canteen accounts, on the battlefield, while explosions go off on the horizon. The soldiers are members of the 1st Australian...ART02262.008
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The mud, the flies, the cold, the rats, the lack of sleep
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Maker: Lewer, Richard
'The mud, the flies, the cold, the rats, the lack of sleep' is a detailed diorama showing the grim reality of life for Australian troops in the trenches of the First World War. The diorama shows a mud...AWM2017.120.1
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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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Germany's change of tune
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Cartoon of two men, a German and a Prussian, standing in front of blackboards, with a row of young children in the front. The Prussian man on the left wears a coat with a wide sash across his front an...ART02223
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The village, I think, is Ribemont
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Depicts a scene of the village of Ribemont with a view of the village showing damage to buildings, and a notice in the foreground warning of the presence of gas in the village. This drawing was likel...ART09927
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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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Verdun and God in the war machine
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Depicts a thousand small German soldiers marching in the foreground, while above them rises the giant figure of a German officer. He shovels the soldiers into the barrel of gun, which is already gorge...ART90450
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In the snow
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a landscape covered in a heavy snow. Soldiers are weighed down by heavy overcoats and horses are carted up as if in preparation for moving out. In the middle distance can be seen some shelters...ART00210
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Nach Hermannstadt [After Hermannstadt]
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Maker: Scharf, Theo
This drawing was completed by Theo Scharf while living in Munich, and is a response to a significant period of social, cultural and political upheaval. The young Australian-born artist responded to ...ART96919
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Ordnance workshops, Cambrai Road
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Depicts a number of Australian soldiers preparing and working with field guns and ordnance at a workshop near Bapaume. The image shows a view of part of the ordnance workshop, with ruined buildings in...ART02258.005
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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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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 latest furph. or The square dinkum oil
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts two diggers in conversation, one (left) with can in hand, one on right with donkey. 'Square dinkum oil' was slang used during the First World War by Australian soldiers meaning the real truth ...ART19666
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Fletch and Dan coming back to Igri Corner from Lagincourt
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Depicts two soldiers of 2nd Australian Division in full kit going along a communication trench near Igri Corner, France. Drawn near the front line at Bullecourt. 'Fletch' was possibly the head of the ...ART02236.015
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Fatigue parties in the moonlight near Flers
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a group of soldiers some carrying kit bags, one carrying some duckboard through a battlefield nears Flers at night. Frank Rossitor Crozier was a painter and illustrator. Born in Maryborough, ...ART00224
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Fatalist
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Depicts two soldiers, one ducking and crouching to the ground in the wake of a shell burst behind him, while the other remains upright and walking. Both men are carrying full kits and wear expressions...ART02224
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The waggon-loading post, Vaux
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Depicts two Australian soldiers in uniform, near Vaux, in Belgium; one of the soldiers is a stretcher bearer, with two General Service wagons, converted to horse drawn ambulances beside the road. The ...ART02211.004
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Bringing up the stew
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Depicts two soldiers wearing tin helmets, carrying a covered pot of stew across a war damaged landscape during the First World War. The drawing was reproduced in the publication 'Australia at War: Dra...ART02229
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Albert Cathedral
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Depicts a view of the town of Albert, in March 1917, with the badly damaged Notre Dame de Brebières in the foreground and rows of covered trucks stationed in front of the ruin. In 1915 the Germans had...ART02352
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Private Thomas Johnson
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Portrait of Private Thomas Johnson executed on a cigar box lid in 1915 at Gallipoli. Frank Rossitor Crozier was a painter and illustrator. Born in Maryborough, Victoria he studied at the National Gal...ART50321
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Australian official war artists 1916-1918
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Maker: Coates, George
Depicts many Australian official war artists who were attached to different divisions of the AIF during the First World War, in a group portrait. The painting was originally owned by Cyril Steele of M...ART15334
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Stretcher bearers near Butte de Warlencourt
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Depicts two stretcher bearers in full uniform, wearing tin helmets, carrying a stretcher with a wounded man across a war damaged landscape. This work was reproduced in 'Australia at War: Drawings at t...ART02266
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A voice from Anzac
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Depicts two ghostly figures of soldiers seated on a rock in front of Anzac Beach at Gallipoli. The soldier hold their rifles and look wistfully and melancholically out towards the viewer. They are bat...ART19662
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The unburied
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
An illustration to a poem entitled 'The Unburied', by MR, New Zealand Headquarters, used in 'The ANZAC Book', with two dead soldiers lying in the foreground. Frank Rossitor Crozier was a painter and i...ART19663
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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 Australian war artists
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Maker: Coates, George
Depicts the sketch outline and silhouettes of a group of Australian official artists who were attached to the different divisions of the AIF during the First World War. Depicted in the painting are, ...ART50017
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Camel cacolet
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts a camel with a cacolet on his back which is used for carrying sick or wounded men, being led by an Arab on foot. Henry Gullett stated 'It would be scarcely possible to devise a more acute tort...ART00217
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Captain George H Wilkins, Henencourt
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Depicts a full length portrait of Captain George Hubert Wilkins, reclining near a doorway, wearing long boots. Born in South Australia in 1888, Sir George Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958) studied engineerin...ART09930
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recto: Glimpses of ANZAC, verso: [Sketch for Hill 60]
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
recto: An illustration for 'The ANZAC Book', but never used, showing a gully with a dugout opening to the beach,with men, donkeys and stores on the beach and view to a hill on the opposite shoreline....ART19664
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Design for 'The ANZAC Book' cover
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Maker: Crozier, Frank
Depicts an Australian soldier holding a rifle and bayonet, standing astride a dead Turk, and another Australian soldier standing below and to the side holding an Australian flag. In the background is ...ART19665