Here in the UK it is Remembrance Sunday tomorrow, so I thought it a good moment to post this rather amazing story ...
Messages in a bottle found after 100 years
photo credit - Deb Brown
"Letters written by two Australian soldiers more than one hundred years ago have been found on a beach on the country's south-west coast.
They were rolled up inside a bottle which had been thrown into the sea as the pair sailed to France to help during the First World War.
The cheerful notes were written in pencil and were dated August 1916.
The letters have now been passed onto to the relatives of the two soldiers, who were "stunned" by their discovery.
photo credit - Deb Brown
According to Private Harley's letter, the bottle was thrown overboard "somewhere in the Bight", which refers to the Great Australian Bight - a large open bay off the country's southern coast.
The bottle was found earlier this month by a local family on a remote beach, near the town of Esperance in Western Australia.
They were clearing litter from the beach when they spotted a thick glass bottle in the sand.
Though the paper was wet, both letters were still readable, so the family began looking for the soldiers' families in order to pass them on.
When both soldiers' families were located, the notes came as a real surprise.
Private Neville's great-nephew told ABC News the experience had been "unbelievable."
While Private Harley's granddaughter said that she and her family were "absolutely stunned" by the message.
Experts think the bottle may only have been in the water for a few weeks before it landed on the beach, where it may have remained buried for 100 years."
Story and images from here
What an amazing find ...
All the best Jan
47 comments:
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This is indeed amazing, Jan!!! Thank you for sharing this ❤️ 🙏 💜
that would be a neat find!
That is an amazing story. It's even more amazing that in all the years since the bottle was thrown over board was that the bottle didn't break. I bet their families had to think it was so wonderful they could be found too. Happy weekend.
Wow that is so cool.
What a great find!
I wonder how many bottles have been found? What a great discovery.
Thank you for sharing this Jan, it really is an amazing story! Happy weekend to you :)
I can definitely see why the families were surprised to get these letters from so long ago. It's amazing.
This is absolutely incredibly. Amazing that writings in pencil lasted this long in the elements. Granted, if it were buried... then perhaps that preserved it.
What a remarkable story.
Wow! That's incredible.
That is truly amazing, after all these years!
Oh gosh yes, Jan heard about this, so amazing.
That's a huge surprise, finding something like that and even tracking down the soldiers' relatives!!! Thank you for sharing this.
hugs Elke
Wow, how extraordinary, what a find and wonderful for the relatives.
Muito legal esse achado e que bom entregue à família! beijos, lindo fds! chica
I think the families of the two soldiers, Neville and Harley, felt surprise while they were getting such unexpected message. Thanks for sharing :-)
Isn´t the word a crazy and wonderful place? Such a message I found in WA Museum, Perth, Western Australia - from Hamburg, Germany. (Sadly blogger is stubborn or I never blogged about it).
Truly amazing.
God bless.
It's exciting when a historical artifact such as this suddenly appears!
What an extraordinary story and how wonderful for the descendents of these two men,
A very cool story!
...an amazing story indeed.
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Fascinating
It was certainly a long shot that these messages would survive and have been rediscovered. Great handwriting, too!
What a fascinating story ~ amazing ~ thanks and hugs,
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It is very likely that the waves buried the bottle in the sand. That is the reason why its contents remain intact. On the other hand, degrading glass in the sea would take 4,000 to 5,000 years.
This is a wonderful story and really special to share at this time of year.
What a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing, Jan.
what an amazing find and story, i am so happy you shared it!!
That is a happy and amazing story.
Ma che storia stupenda ❤️
Wow isn't that amazing!!!
What a heart-warming story!
Hello Jan.,
It's always special to found an old bottle with a letter in it. Sure when it is over 100 years.
I remember the time when I was younger and I have had a surfboard. I was surfing from the beach through the sea and take a bottle with a letter with me. When I was far enough I threw that bottle in the sea with my adress in it. After a few weeks I get a postcard by post that someone has found that bottle in the North of the Netherlands and once in Belgium. That was nice to do.
Greetings, Marco
A brilliant find :-D
Wow, that's a long time.
Wow, I love stories like this, they feel like a tiny miracle from the past. Can you imagine holding a message that’s crossed oceans and a century just to reach someone? It’s so touching that the families got to see these notes, a real connection across time. Makes me want to write a message in a bottle myself, just to see what happens.
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Quite a story!
What an amazing story, and what a surprise for the relatives.
Avril xx
That's quite the story! Thank you for sharing it, Jan.
Wow that would be amazing that no one found them all of these years, fun treasure to fine.
Wow, Jan. 100 years. This is an amazing story that I didn't get to hear about until today on your post. Much thanks for sharing this story. Just so cool.
Una historia muy bonita. Besos.
What a wonderful discovery and so special for the families of those men. A poignant yet heart warming story.
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