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GAZA, PALESTINE, 1942-07. IN 1942-07, VX53503 PRIVATE D. KIRKWOOD AND DX575 SAPPER J.B. WILSON, OF 1ST AUSTRALIAN DEPOT BATTALION, DISCOVERED GOLD COINS NEAR THEIR TENT AT KILO 89 CAMP, PALESTINE. THEY BEGAN TO DIG AND UNEARTHED AN ANCIENT MOSAIC FLOOR, MEASURING 15 FEET BY 12 FEET. THIS PICTURE OF INTERESTED "DIGGERS" CROWDING AROUND THE EXCAVATION SHOWS HOW NEAR TO THE TENTS THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE.
GAZA, PALESTINE, 1942-07. IN 1942-07, PRIVATE D. KIRKWOOD AND SAPPER J.B. WILSON, OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN DEPOT BATTALION DISCOVERED SOME GOLD COINS NEAR THEIR TENT AT KILO 89 CAMP. THEY BEGAN TO DIG AN
GAZA, PALESTINE, 1942-07. ANCIENT MOSAIC DISCOVERED BY AUSTRALIANS. HERE THE TWO DISCOVERERS ARE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THEIR FIND, LEFT: SAPPER J.B. WILSON AND PRIVATE D. KIRKWOOD OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN DE
GAZA, PALESTINE, 1942-07. BASE OF AN OLD COLUMN UNEARTHED IN THE DIGGING WHICH DISCLOSED THE ANCIENT MOSAIC FLOOR AT KILO 89 CAMP. THE DISCOVERY OF THE FLOOR WAS MADE BY PRIVATE D. KIRKWOOD AND SAPPER
GAZA, PALESTINE, 1942-07. VIEW OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR MEASURING 15 FEET BY 12 FEET DISCOVERED WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THEIR TENT AT KILO 89 CAMP, BY PRIVATE D. KIRKWOOD AND SAPPER J.B. WILSON OF THE 1ST AUS
GAZA, PALESTINE, 1942-07. VIEW OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR MEASURING 15 FEET BY 12 FEET DISCOVERED WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THEIR TENT AT KILO 89 CAMP, BY PRIVATE D. KIRKWOOD AND SAPPER J.B. WILSON OF THE 1ST AUS
GAZA, PALESTINE, 1942-07. AT THE SITE OF THE DISCOVERY BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OF AN ANCIENT MOSAIC FLOOR AT KILO 89 CAMP, INTERESTED "DIGGERS" RAKE THROUGH THE REMOVED SOIL FOR SMALL PORTIONS OF MOSAIC
