The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a wrecked building,smashed trees, a war grave and a battlefield on the horizon near Pozieres, France. 'Gibralter' was a German observation post, originally of reinforced concrete, on the outskirts of Pozieres. It was taken by the 2nd Battalion AIF after heavy fighting and was called 'The Cement House' by Australians. Fred Leist was an official war artist attached to the 5th Division AIF from January 1917 to March 1920. He served in France from September to December 1917 and from June to August 1918. He had previously worked for the British War office designing recruiting posters from 1915-1916.
Watercolour sketch depicting the wrecked buildings of Mouquet farm in Pozieres. The image shows trench lines surrounding a pile of rubble with war graves marked with crosses. Frederick Leist was a pai
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
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 war damaged landscape at Moquet Farm, near Pozieres, France, with debris and smashed tree in the foreground and entrance to German reinforced dugout in background. The scene was drawn by Dyson
Depicts a war grave and ruins of a German strong point known as ''Gibralter", finally taken by Australians on the Western Front in 1918. Dyson was on the Pozieres battlefields in April 1917 and August
Depicts Australian soldiers (17th Battalion) and German soldiers in a captured German trench on the flank of Mont St. Quentin. The 17th Battalion colour patch, diamond shape and horizontally divided b
