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Deb Brown and her family stumbled upon an old glass bottle that contained letters written by two Australian soldiers who served in World War I while cleaning up trash at a beach

The over 100-year-old writings by Privates Malcolm Neville and William Harley were legible

Brown said that she is currently sending the letters to the men's families

A family who were cleaning trash at a local beach found a major historical artifact in the sand: an old glass bottle containing letters written over 100 years ago by two World War I Australian soldiers.

The shocking discovery happened on Oct. 9 at Wharton Beach near Esperance in Western Australia, according to the Associated Press .

"We do a lot of cleaning up on our beaches and so would never go past a piece of rubbish. So this li

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