The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a view into the entrance of the 10th Machine Gun Company Headquarters on the Western Front, with duckboards, barbed wire and debris in front of it, in a war damaged landscape. Dyson wrote that the scene illustrated 'dugout in ...front line on the morning of the second Messines Offensive. Headquarter of 10th Machine Gun Coy.'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to France in December 1916, remaining there until May 1917, making records of the Australian involvement in the war. He was formally appointed as an official war artist, attached to the AIF, in May 1917, working in France and London throughout the war. His commission was terminated in March 1920.
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
Depicts a landscape, with a large tree and fields, with the small figures of men and horses in the foreground. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the Fir
Depicts an abandoned gun pit with sandbags, barbed wire and a wooden infrastructure, outside Flers about January 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during
Depicts a image of a shelter, the old Left Brigade Headquarters, near Flers, France, covered in sandbags, with piles of debris, duckboards and power lines near by. Will Dyson was the first Australian
Depicts a view of a landscape of undulating hills observed from inside the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion's billet in Baizieux, near Picardie and the Somme in France. Will Dyson was the first Australian of
Depicts a number of men in a tent and one out the front, seated and repairing shoes. The repairs were undertaken at the Shoemaker's shop, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Happy Valley, near Franvillers in t