The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 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 image of part of a switch trench, with duckboards and sandbags, and a soldier wearing a tin helmet in the foreground, near Flers, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war ar
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 the war damaged and bomb blasted landscape of Delville Wood, looking towards Flers on the horizon. In the foreground are the remains of a number of damaged trees and some barbed wire. Will Dys
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
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
Depicts a war damaged landscape with ruined buildings, destroyed trees and power lines and parts of machinery. Flers is near Guedencourt, in north-eastern France, near the Somme. Will Dyson was the fi
