The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a war damaged and smashed tree and a number of broken tombstones in the civilian cemetery on the Somme battlefield, France. 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 camp site on the Somme in 1917, consisting of a number of Nissen huts, piles of supplies, a rubbish dump and men working on a power pole. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war art
Depicts a soldier standing in a trench on duckboards, in the Somme, with a war damaged landscape in the background. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during th
Depicts a war-damaged landscape with broken trees, destroyed artillery and an upturned, broken cart near Nieuport, Belgium. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front d
Depicts an abondoned trench on the Somme. The trench is in the foreground, with smashed trees on the edge and there are Nissan huts and tents in the background. The portion of the trench depicted is p
Depicts a road winding through a war damaged landscape in France, with smashed trees along the edge. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World W
Depicts two unidentified soldiers walking through the mist in the war damaged landscape of No-Man's-Land, the Somme in France. The soldier in the rear has his rifle over his shoulder. Will Dyson was t
