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  1. 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

  4. Sentry on duty at Brigade Headquarters, Fricourt

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    Depicts the figure of a soldier in uniform, wearing a tin helmet, and holding a rifle with a bayonet attached, standing on sentry duty in a war damaged landscape at Fricourt, France. Will Dyson was th...

    ART02407

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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

  6. Yanks and a veteran ('As long as you are there to tell us what to do!')

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    Depicts a young soldier, wearing a tin helmet and carrying a rifle, standing talking to two other soldiers, in the trenches. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...

    ART02426

  7. Hanging about

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    Depicts a group of soldiers, wearing uniforms and tin helmets, sitting idly and resting outside company headquarters. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during ...

    ART02416

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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