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Photograph E00038 First World War, 1914-1918An unidentified Australian soldier smoking a cigarette while cleaning the mud off an unexploded shell in an Australian Artillery camp at Montauban, in France, in December 1916.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australians at Montauban, in France, in December 1916, cleaning off the winter mud from their boots and clothes.
An unidentified Australian soldier smoking a cigarette while cleaning the mud off an unexploded shell in an Australian Artillery camp at Montauban, in France, in December 1916.

An Australian cleaning the mud off his spare shirt at Montauban.

Australian water wagons in the deep mud which surrounded the waterpoint at Montauban during the winter of 1916-1917.

Two unidentified Australian soldiers outside their shelter, situated in the ruins of a Somme village, using a steel helmet to scrape off the winter mud from their clothes.

An Australian motor cyclist cleaning the mud from his machine outside his billet in a Somme village, in France, during the winter of 1916-1917.

Australian mule transport in the Somme winter mud at Montauban.
