The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts the wireless station at St Gratien. Ensconsed in a temporary communication station in the chateau at St Gratien, Australian Head Quarters, two Australian soldiers seated on crates wearing headphones with telegraphic / wireless sets. These soldiers can be identified as signallers from the Royal Australian Engineers because they wear the distinctive blue and white arm band.
Frederick Leist was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Sydney Art School and the Art School of New South Wales from c.1894-95. During the 1890s he worked as an illustrator for the 'Bulletin' and 'Sydney Mail' and trained as a furniture designer with the David Jones department store. In 1908 he went to England and became an artist with the London 'Graphic' while exhibiting his art work at the Royal Academy in 1911. He worked for the British War Office between 1915 and 1916 and worked for His Majesty's Stationary Office designing posters for First World War recruitment. Leist was appointed an official war artist in September 1917, attached to the 5th Division AIF and worked twice in France between September to December 1917 and from June to August 1918. His commission was terminated in 1920.
Watercolour and charcoal sketch depicting the courtyard of Chateau St Gratien being used as the headquarters for 5th Division AIF. The courtyard contains soldiers lounging in the sunshine. Frederick L
Watercolour sketch depicting the ruins of school building in Pozieres, on the Western Front, surrounded by trenches. Frederick Leist was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Sydney Ar
Charcoal sketch depicting a soldier asleep in a farm wagon with his rifle and haversack at the end of the wagon. Frederick Leist was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Sydney Art Sc
Depicts soldiers and horsedrawn wagons outside the damaged Ypres Cloth Hall at night with a search light in the background. Frederick Leist was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Sy
Watercolour sketch depicting the church at Blaringhem and its tower with a house nearby. Frederick Leist was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Sydney Art School and the Art School
Watercolour sketch depicting a view of the village of Ville-sur-Ancre, with scars of trenches on hillside behind. Frederick Leist was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He studied at the Sydney Art S
