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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 AND UNEARTHED AN ANCIENT MOSAIC FLOOR. MR. J. ORY OF THE PALESTINE DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES WAS INFORMED. AFTER INVESTIGATION, WITH THE HELP OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, HE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE FLOOR WAS PART OF AN OLD CITY, LONG BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SITUATED AT ABOUT THAT SPOT. PICTURE SHOWS AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DIGGING AFTER THE FIRST DISCOVERY WAS MADE.
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. THE
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. 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. 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. MR. J. ORY SHOWING TO INTERESTED "DIGGERS" SOME OF THE RELICS FOUND WHEN DIGGING TO EXPOSE THE MOSAIC FLOOR DISCOVERED AT KILO 89 CAMP BY PRIVATE D. KIRKWOOD AND SAPPER J.B.
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
