The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts three standing, wounded soldiers outside a regimental aid post in Zonnebeke, Belgium. 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 a view of the interior of an Australian Regimental aid Post, outside Vaux, near Bullecourt, with an officer and two orderlies inside. In the foreground is a table with piles of dressings and b
Depicts a soldier walking along a snow covered road, towards the damaged remains of a post, with a gate and road sign nearby. The image was created by Dyson on the 'morning of second Messines offensiv
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 an image of the war damaged landscape of the German frontline near Pozieres, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, trav
Depicts several Australian soldiers mending communication wires and power poles in a war damaged landscape in Pozieres. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front durin
Depicts the remains of a very badly war damaged church, attacked by the Germans, near Grevillers, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First Wo