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Photograph C03138 First World War, 1914-1918A scene of village life at Montauban, showing local men, women and children at La Grande Rue, before the First World War. (Copied from a French postcard.)

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A local woman smiling as she carries pails down the Grande Rue at Montauban, before the First World War. (Copied from a French postcard.)
A scene of village life at Montauban, showing local men, women and children at La Grande Rue, before the First World War. (Copied from a French postcard.)

A scene of village life at Montauban, showing locals in the main square beside the church, as it existed before the First World War. (Copied from a French postcard.)

The church at Montauban, before the war. During the First World War the town of Montauban was captured by allied forces on 1 July 1918, and remained in Commonwealth hands until the end of March 1918.

Locals standing at the entrance and base of the Windmill at Montauban, built in 1691, prior to the First World War. (Copied from a French postcard.)

Local men, watched by a group of children, playing royal tennis on a court at Contalmaison, before the First World War. (Copied from a French postcard.)

Locals beside a rail line running through the Rue Basse at Messines, before the First World War. At Messines the 3rd Australian Division became engaged in their first major offensive, successfully cap
