The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts two soldiers, wearing long coats and tin helmets, with one standing and one seated. The two soldiers are waiting for their rations. 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 three weary soldiers, dressed in their coats and tin helmets, seated or leaning against a pole in a war damaged landscape in France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to
Depicts two soldiers, wearing waterproof capes and tin helmets, apprehensively walking through wreckage of the town of Bapaume in March 1917. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to
Depicts a group of soldiers, wearing uniforms and tin helmets, sitting idly and resting outside company headquarters. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during
Depicts three soldiers wearing tin helmets looking out across the battlefield at Westhoek Ridge. A wrecked pillbox appears in the background with two gun limbers near it. Will Dyson was the first Aust
Depicts a young soldier, wearing a tin helmet and carrying a rifle, standing talking to two other soldiers, in the trenches. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front
Depicts two Australian soldiers, in uniform, wearing tin helmets, walking through a stretch of German trenches on the Somme, warily inspecting their surroundings for booby traps. One soldier holds a t