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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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Company awaiting relief, the Caterpillar, near Ville-sur-Ancre
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Depicts a number of soldiers in uniform, wearing helmets, resting on the road side awaiting relief. The 'caterpillar' in the title refers to the name of a sunken road south of Ville. Dyson inspected V...ART02250.003
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In Bapaume the day after its occupation
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Depicts two soldiers, wearing waterproof capes and tin helmets, apprehensively walking through wreckage of the town of Bapaume in March 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to...ART02318
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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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The cookers near Villers-Bretonneux
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Maker: Vincent, Day, Brooks and Sons
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 ...ART02296.001
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 th...ART02226.009
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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...ART02258.006
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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