The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts two linesmen up a telegraph pole, repairing or winding wires near La Houssoys, on the Somme in April 1918. 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 war damaged landscape with a roadway winding through it. Dyson wrote that this scene depicted, 'Caterpillar Gully, Mametz Road, Somme, 1917'. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war
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 a number of tents amongst sand dunes at Nieport, France. The tents formed the camp of the 2nd Australian tunnelling company near La Paune. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war arti
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
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
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
