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  1. Gun pit, wet day, Hill 60

    Art

    Depicts a field gun in a trench, under a temporary shelter, covered with a tarpaulin, in August 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World ...

    ART02388

  2. Blown out water point, Pozieres

    Art

    Depicts a damaged water point, with a water tank and scaffolding, in the landscape at Pozieres, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First Worl...

    ART02351

  3. Gun Avenue, near Martinpuich, after the German retreat

    Art

    Depicts a lone soldier walking along a roadway, a gun avenue, through a war damaged landscape, after the German retreat. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front duri...

    ART02331

  4. 2nd Australian Division's memorial at the Windmill, Pozieres

    Art

    Depicts the 2nd Australian Division's memorial, a cross mounted on a pyramid of stones, at the location of the Windmill in Pozieres, France. Behind the memorial is a landscape with hills and a cloud f...

    ART02311

  5. Nieuport under shell fire

    Art

    Depicts two soldiers, one standing and one seated, observing the shelling of Nieuport, on the horizon. The shelling took place outside the 13th Battery Head Quarters near Pelican Bridge, Nieuport. Wil...

    ART02391

  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...

    ART02222.005

  7. Australian Horse Lines near Bapaume

    Art

    Depicts a number of horses tethered under a temporary sheltar, with a soldier and cart nearby. The image is of the Australian horse lines near Bapaume. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war...

    ART02346

  8. The Deserted Somme, evening, near Bazentin

    Art

    Depicts a deserted Somme landscape, with wide fields, a road in the foreground, and a small bush on the right. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the Fir...

    ART02360

  9. Bringing up the rations near Suzanne

    Art

    Depicts a cart with rations and supplies on it being pulled by two horses. One soldier is seated on the horse, while one sits on the cart. They are moving through a war damaged landscape. Will Dyson w...

    ART02350

  10. The peasant who refused to leave Barleux

    Art

    Depicts an elderly French peasant woman, wearing a scarf and apron, digging and working on farm. In the background is an 8 inch Breech Loading Howitzer Mark IV field gun and behind this, the silhouett...

    ART02340

  11. Australian motor repair shop, Morbecque

    Art

    Depicts the interior of an Australian motor repair workshop, with mechanics working on engines, at Morbecque, near Picarde in northern France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist t...

    ART02320

  12. Collecting props for Bullecourt

    Art

    Depicts a covered wagon on a roadway collecting 'props', such as poles and bits of wood, in a war damaged landscape. In the background are two Nissan huts. Will Dyson was the first Australian official...

    ART02310

  13. 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...

    ART02240.003

  14. Kaiser

    Art

    Depicts a caricature of a German officer; he is depicted as overweight, and wearing a helmet and greatcoat. The painting was 'removed from a house used as an Officer's Mess in Henencourt 1917', north ...

    ART00766

  15. The Sugar refinery, Le Transloy

    Art

    Depicts a badly damaged sugar refinery, with the remains of buildings in the background and scaffolding and barbed wire in the foreground at Le Transloy, France, April 1917. Will Dyson was the first A...

    ART02371

  16. The Raider, P...

    Art

    Depicts two soldiers in uniform standing on the edge of a battlefield watching, through binoculars, air raids on the battlefield. A number of search lights can be seen in the background of the image, ...

    ART02275

  17. An angry runner on the ridge

    Art

    Depicts a soldier wearing a tin helmet, in the lower right corner, moving away from a war damaged ridge. A dark and stormy sky, filled with shell bursts looms in the right hand corner of the drawing. ...

    ART02235

  18. On the road to Nieuport

    Art

    Depicts a war-damaged landscape with broken trees, destroyed artillery and an upturned, broken cart near Nieuport, Belgium. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front d...

    ART02205

  19. Reporting at the Battery

    Art

    Depicts two soldiers entering the tent of an Officer in Charge after returning from Forward Observation Post, reporting back to their battery. The Officer in Charge has been woken at night and sits up...

    ART02277

  20. The Lagnicourt guns

    Art

    Depicts a number of Australian soldiers inspecting field guns and ordanance at rest on the battlefiled, at Lagnicourt. In April 1917 Germans attacked Lagnicourt and Noreuil, initially successful, but ...

    ART02247

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