Soldiers Sent Messages in a Bottle Before Going to Battle. A Family Just Found Them on a Beach

A family who were cleaning trash at a local beach found a major historical artifact in the sand: an old glass bottle ...

Beachcomber Finds WWI Soldiers’ Messages in a Bottle

Messages in a bottle scrawled by soldiers as they shipped off to WWI and recently unearthed on a popular beach shed light on the soldiers' private lives.
Indiatimes

WWI soldiers’ letters found in a bottle on Australian beach: What’s written inside

A family's beach clean-up in Western Australia unearthed a century-old message in a bottle. Two Australian WWI soldiers, Privates Malcolm Neville and William Harley, penned letters aboard the HMAT A70 ...
Associated Press

Australia’s iconic beach boxes lack the comforts of home but can cost more than a house

The iconic, brightly painted coastal sheds in and around Melbourne, Australia, are a quirky real estate mix: absolute beachfront views, but lacking basic features including a bedroom, bathroom, ...
The Business Standard

World War I soldier's message in a bottle found on remote Australian beach after 109 years

The letter, written by Private Malcolm Alexander Neville on 15 August 1916 and sealed inside a glass Schweppes bottle, was found on Wharton Beach, near Esperance — about 750km southeast of Perth, ...