Message in a bottle from WWI soldier in 1916 found on Esperance beach

• Oct 28, 2025

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WWI soldier's message in a bottle found on WA beach

A century-old message in a bottle from a World War I soldier to his mother has been found on a beach in Western Australia's south.

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• Oct 28, 2025

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A WWI-era message in a bottle is a letter 'from the grave' for family

Family members of two World War I soldiers have been left stunned after a bottle containing hand-written letters was found on a WA beach.

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• Oct 29, 2025

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Alex Smart

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Thank you for sharing this emotional news with us .
In my much younger years I remember my mother receiving a letter from someone who had found a bottle on a local beach here in Cornwall . It was from my father to my mother , still have it .

 

• Nov 19, 2025

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Fan mail from some flounder?

 

• Nov 19, 2025

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This is what I really call a message.