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  1. Sentry on duty at Brigade Headquarters, Fricourt

    Art

    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

  2. The Old Flers Road

    Art

    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...

    ART90833

  3. German prisoners at Dickebusch

    Art

    Depicts the head and shoulders portraits of three German prisoners, one wearing glasses, held at Dickebusch. Now called Dikkebus, Dickebusch is a village and commune in the province of West Flanders, ...

    ART02405

  4. Work done, Bazentin

    Art

    Depicts a soldier at rest, wearing his uniform, seated on a chair, covered with a coat, reading a book, in front of a small heater. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the...

    ART02218

  5. Exchanging furphies

    Art

    Depicts two soldiers, one standing and one seated, in front of a large tent. The seated soldier is pulling something out of a bag on the ground. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist...

    ART02259

  6. Reinforcements 1917

    Art

    Depicts a number of Australian soldiers in uniform seated and standing, reinforcements for the front line. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First W...

    ART02222.003

  7. Front line in railway cutting, Albert

    Art

    Depicts the frontline with trenches, debris, concrete dugouts and damaged power lines above, at Albert, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the Fi...

    ART09924

  8. The batman (Compree washing madame)

    Art

    Depicts an Australian soldier leaning against a doorway with a bundle of dirty laundry at his feet, talking to a civilian French woman and asking her if she will do his washing for him. Will Dyson was...

    ART02431

  9. Wintery day on the Somme

    Art

    Depicts a soldier in uniform, wearing a great coat, standing at the entrance of a dugout, with a kerosene lamp hanging near the door, looking out onto a snowy winter landscape on the Somme in December...

    ART02411

  10. The misery of rest camps

    Art

    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...

    ART02240.001

  11. Traffic control near Baizieux

    Art

    Depicts an Australian soldier mounted on a horse standing in a road way, in front of another soldier, who wears a long coat. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front ...

    ART02369

  12. Reinforcements 1917

    Art

    Depicts a number of Australian soldiers in uniform seated and standing, reinforcements for the front line. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First W...

    ART02222.012

  13. Reinforcements 1917

    Art

    Depicts a number of Australian soldiers in uniform seated and standing, reinforcements for the front line. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First W...

    ART02222.002

  14. Resting near Querrieu

    Art

    Depicts a landscape, with a large tree in the foreground, and men setting up tents in the background, near Querrieu, France, during the summer of 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war...

    ART02353

  15. Patrolling in no-man's-land on the Somme

    Art

    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

  16. Sunset from Wolfe Huts

    Art

    Depicts a sunset over a barren landscape at the Somme, France, from Wolfe Huts, in 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelli...

    ART02373

  17. German prisoners at the Corps Cage, Bazentin

    Art

    Depicts a group of German soldiers in a temporary holding 'cage' at Bazentin, France, before being sent to permanent prisoner of war camp.The soldiers all have forlorn expressions on their faces. Wil...

    ART02363

  18. Unloading the wounded from ambulance at ACCS

    Art

    Depicts a field ambulance being unloaded by a number of men from the rear of the ambulance. Behind the ambulance are a number of hospital tents. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist...

    ART02264

  19. German prisoners near Messines

    Art

    Depicts a standing Australian soldier guarding two German soldiers seated on the ground. One of the seated soldiers wears a German Field Cap, while the soldier on the right has a bandaged head and han...

    ART02214

  20. Peace at Martinpiuch

    Art

    Depicts a scene of a battlefield with war damaged trees in the left background, a damaged truck and a resting cannon. Martinpiuch is in north -western France, close to the Somme battlefield. Will Dyso...

    ART02204

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