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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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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