The art of H. Septimus Power

Image 1) 'Ziza, 28 September 1918' [plate 1]

Image 2) 'The camel corps at Magdhaba, 23 December 1916' [plate 2]

Image 3) 'Third Ypres, Taking the guns through, 31 July 1917' [plate 3]

Image 4) 'Horse lines, 1921' [plate 5]

Image 5) 'The Australian Light Horse going into action Eastern Front' [plate 15]

Septimus Power volunteered for service when the First World War broke out in 1914, but was refused on account of his deafness. In 1917 he was commissioned as one of Australia's first two official war artists. The other was George Lambert. Power served on the Western Front.

View Power's AIF service record [National Archives of Australia]

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