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  1. Shelled steamroller near Fricourt

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    Depicts a damaged steamroller, leaning on its side, in a snow covered landscape. The steamroller was observed by Dyson near Fricourt. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit t...

    ART02335

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    Towards Lagnicourt

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    Depicts a soldier seated in a trench, wearing a steel helmet, while explosions can be seen on the horizon. Dyson noted that this scene was of 'communication trench in the neighbourhood of Lagnicourt'....

    ART09922

  3. Digger

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    Maker: Crozier, Frank

    Depicts a portrait of an Australian soldier in a full battle kit. Painted by Will Dyson and Frank Crozier in collaboration.

    ART15473

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    After the Zeppelin raids

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    Depicts a German family scene, consisting of a mother, holding baby and scolding a small child for disturbing her father. The father, a German officer in uniform, slumps wearily in a chair. The captio...

    ART02294

  5. Dynamite diplomatists

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    Depicts the figures of two German men; one is standing and crying, while the other is seated at a desk, writing in a ledger book. The text accompanying this cartoon, when it was published in the 'Dail...

    ART02415

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    Columbia to the Kaiser

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    Depicts the figures of a Prussian officer, holding his helmet in his left hand, the female figure of Columbia, standing holding a sword and the female figure of Humanity, with wings and a small child ...

    ART02417

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    [Prussian officer and man with air raid in progress]

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    Depicts a figure of a Prussian officer and a man, possibly the British Prime Minister, standing on top of a hill, with surprised expressions on their faces, while airplanes circle around them and over...

    ART02423

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    The garden at V... after Bapaume

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    Depicts a number of soldiers standing near cannons, in front of an old French building and trees. On 17 March 1917 Australian troops entered Bapaume and Dyson followed them closely, creating a number ...

    ART02216

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    The mate (In memory of W..., Machine Gun Company, Messines Ridge)

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    Depicts an Australian soldier carving a cross with an ornate rising sun for his fallen mate. Dyson witnessed this event on August 1st, 1917 on Messines Ridge, near Ypres in Belgium. Will Dyson was the...

    ART02231

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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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    Dead beat, the tunnel, Hill 60

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    Depicts an exhausted Australian soldier wearing full kit and greatcoat, sleeping in a tunnel during the Third Battle of Ypres. Indistinct figures of two other soldiers seen in the background. Dyson, a...

    ART02210

  12. 2nd Tunnellers Cookhouse at Nieuport

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    Depicts the figure of a cook, with his sleeves rolled up, standing in the doorway of the 'Cook House', in the cellars of Nieuport. Behind him, in the cellar, can be seen a table with pots and tins on ...

    ART02402

  13. Rations: 'Seen any of our mob about?'

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    Depicts a soldier, carrying a large rucksack on his back, delivering food rations to a lonely, seated soldier. The soldier delivering food asks the seated soldier if he has 'seen any of our mob about...

    ART02432

  14. Wuremburg horrors

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    Depicts a cartoon of a German military man, dressed in a long coat and cap, standing on the bow of a ship while a ship sinks beside him. The image is a comment on the all out submarine warfare announc...

    ART02238

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    Vaulx Wood waggon post

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    Depicts four stretcher bearers carrying wounded soldier towards an ambulance, near a wood in north western France. The stretcher bearers on the left are wearing leather leggings, so are probably the d...

    ART02208

  16. The Line at Caterpillar, Ville-Sur-Ancre

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    Depicts a group of men standing or seated in a war damaged landscape, near boxes of supplies at Ville -sur- Ancre. Dyson noted of this work that it depicted '...the Caterpillar, near Ville-sur-Ancre,...

    ART09915

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    Eternal waiting

    Art

    Depicts three soldiers, two sitting on ground, all wearing great coats and waterproof capes and carrying full kit. This drawing was originally intended by Dyson as a battalion Christmas card, and he w...

    ART02303

  18. The Freedom of the Ceasar

    Art

    Depicts the figure of Julius Ceasar, emperor (in the guise of a German officer) standing on top of a dais, surveying the scene before him of the sinking and bombing of a ship and the drowning of a num...

    ART02254

  19. At the Casualty Clearing Station

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    Depicts an officer seated at a table, his chin resting on his folded hands. Behind him is room full of wounded soldiers, some lying down, others seated and resting. Dyson noted that this work depicted...

    ART02336

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    Gibralter (A German strong post at Pozieres)

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    Depicts a war grave and ruins of a German strong point known as ''Gibralter", finally taken by Australians on the Western Front in 1918. Dyson was on the Pozieres battlefields in April 1917 and August...

    ART02306

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