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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 AUSTRALIAN DEPOT BATTALION. AFTER INVESTIGATION BY AN OFFICIAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES, PALESTINE, HE ORDERED THAT THE EXCAVATION BE FILLED IN AND FURTHER DIGGING POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER THE WAR. LEGS OF BYSTANDER SHOWING IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER GIVE AN IDEA OF ITS SIZE.
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. 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
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. 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. 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
