What washed up on an Australian beach this week?
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Messages written by World War I soldiers were discovered in a bottle on Wharton Beach, Western Australia. The rare find included two handwritten letters dated August 15, 1916, from Australian Army privates en route to France. The bottle, likely buried for over a century and uncovered by coastal erosion, was found by a local family during a beach clean-up. The letters are being returned to the soldiers' descendants.
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- A bottle containing messages from World War I was found on a Western Australian beach. 4s
- The letters were written by two Australian Army privates in 1916 as they headed to France. 20s
- One letter was addressed to the soldier's mother, while the other was a general message to the finder. 28s
- The bottle is believed to have been dropped at sea during the soldiers' journey. 40s
- A local resident intends to reunite the messages with the families of the authors. 44s
