Message in a Bottle From WWI Soldier Found on Beach

A supplied image obtained on Oct. 30, 2025, of a soldier's letter written to his mother as he sailed to war more than 100 years ago that has been discovered in a bottle on a remote beach. AAP Image/Supplied by Debra Brown

More than a century after a soldier wrote a letter to his mother as he sailed to war and his death, it has been discovered in a bottle washed up on a remote beach.

Private Malcolm Alexander Neville’s light-hearted note, penned on Aug. 15, 1916, was found on Wharton Beach, near Esperance, about 750 kilometres southeast of Perth.