The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Watercolour sketch depicting a view of the Somme Valley near Villers-Bretonneux. There are three figures in the centre of the image and an unhitched wagon to their left with a grove of trees behind the wagon. There is a vast expanse of plain and in the background is what appears to be a wood. Will Longstaff was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1879. From 1900 to 1901, he served with the South African Light Horse in the Boer War. Following his return to Victoria, he taught art privately with Leslie Wilkie at Eltham. He enlisted with the Remounts in October 1915 and served in the Middle East and France before being invalided to England in October 1917. While serving in Egypt, he made pictorial records of the ANZAC Mounted Division and the Desert Column. He then served in England with the B Sub-Depot, Westham. In 1918, he was trained in camouflage work in London with Frank Crozier, J. S. MacDonald and James Scott, and he was subsequently appointed as an Official War Artist working as officer in charge of camouflage for the 2nd Division AIF in France.
Watercolour sketch depicting the canal near Belloy sur Somme. The canal is in the foreground with the Somme Valley in the background. Will Longstaff was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1879. From 1900 t
Watercolour sketch depicting a view of the Somme Valley with cows grazing and groves of trees in the background. Will Longstaff was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1879. From 1900 to 1901, he served wit
Watercolour sketch depicting the dug-outs outside the village of Glisy. Will Longstaff was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1879. From 1900 to 1901, he served with the South African Light Horse in the Bo
Watercolour sketch depicting the wreckage of a destroyed Gun Carrier MK I supply tank, outside Villers-Bretonneux, in France during the First World War. The tank is fully loaded with mortar ammunition
Watercolour sketch depicting the salvage dump at Glisy with horses and wagon being unloaded by two soldiers. There are tents in the background and the dump contains boxes and empty artillery casings.
Watercolour sketch depicting a view of Bresle Church. Will Longstaff was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1879. From 1900 to 1901, he served with the South African Light Horse in the Boer War. Following
