Images Dated 11th April 2006

German Prisoners, Wytschaete Road, 1917

German Prisoners, Wytschaete Road. The 31st July offensive, 1917, by Lieutenant W (Will) H Dyson (1880-1938), Australian Imperial Force. Dyson joined the Army and despite being wounded twice he produced a large number of drawings of Australian soldiers in battle. In 1915, he became an Australian official war artist at the front. Exhibitions of his war cartoons were held in London, and in November 1918 he published Australia at War, which contains some of his finest drawings. Date: 1917

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