Fiskaren Fischer fiskar en 101-årig flaska
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Inspirerad av exemplet tycker jag det kunde skapas en helt allmän Skalman-tråd om den här romantiska och föga effektiva kommunikationsformen, i första hand då om flaskpost med anknytning till historiska begivenheter. På en strand i Australien hittades för ett par veckor sedan ett buteljerat meddelande, som två glada och entusiastiska diggers hade rafsat ner i augusti 1916, på väg till Frankrike och Västfrontens hemskheter. Den ene killen, Private Malcolm Neville, skulle stupa året därpå. Den andre, Private William Harley, skulle såras två gånger, komma hem till Downunder igen, och avlida 1934 i cancer som sannolikt vållats av stridsgas.
Fyndet har blivit en sensation i Australien, och de bägge brevskrivarnas familjer är mycket rörda över detta livstecken från längesedan döda anförvanter.
Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg6pny0e8o
Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers in 1916 have been found more than a century later on the country's south-western coast.
The cheerful notes were penned just a few days into their voyage to join the battlefields of France during World War One.
One of the soldiers, Pte Malcolm Neville, told his mother that the food on board was "real good" and that they were "as happy as Larry". Months later, he was killed in action at the age of 28. The other soldier, 37-year-old Pte William Harley, survived the war and returned home.
The letters have been passed on to their descendants, who have been stunned by the discovery.
Families of WWI soldiers will be reunited with century-old letters discovered on WA beach
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/ ... /105939652
Private Neville came from Wilkawatt, a small town near Lameroo in South Australia.
Local historian Maureen Steinborner told ABC Riverland Breakfast his parents and their six children had emigrated from Scotland, but it was unclear how they came to Wilkawatt.
She said the discovery had sparked "fantastic interest" for the local community.
"It just makes people think about their history a little bit more, and what actually happened," she said.
