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GAZA, PALESTINE, 1942-07. CAREFULLY REMOVING THE SOIL FROM PORTION OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR DISCOVERED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN PALESTINE. THE DISCOVERERS WERE PRIVATE D. KIRKWOOD AND SAPPER J.B. WILSON OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN DEPOT BATTALION. AFTER MOSAIC MEASURING 15 FEET BY 12 FEET HAD BEEN REVEALED AN OFFICIAL OF THE PALESTINE DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES ORDERED THAT THE EXCAVATION SHOULD BE FILLED IN AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION MADE AFTER THE WAR.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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
