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Mother and Daughter Discover WWI Letters in Bottle

10/29/2025

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  • Debra Brown and her daughter Felicity found two World War I letters in a bottle at Wharton Beach on October 9, 2025.
  • The first letter, from South Australian soldier Malcolm Neville, dated August 15, 1916, described life at sea aboard HMAS Ballarat.
  • The second letter, from Private William Harley, indicated he was somewhere in the Bight.
  • Brown has contacted the soldiers' descendants and plans to return the letters.