The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts an Australian soldier directing two Scottish soldiers in a snow covered landscape at the traffic control post near Pozieres, Western Front. 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 standing figure of a soldier wearing a greatcoat and boots, holding a kerosene lantern. He stands in a roadway. Dyson titled this work 'Traffic Control Somme 1917'. Behind him is another sol
Depicts the war damaged landscape at Pozieres, France, in 1916, with the ruins of a building in the background. Dyson drew this work of the Pozieres battlefield towards Christmas of 1916, showing the
Depicts a damaged water point, with a water tank and scaffolding, in the landscape at Pozieres, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First Worl
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 an Australian soldier mounted on a horse standing in a road way, in front of another soldier, who wears a long coat. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front
