WASHED, UP BY THE SEA.

The following is a copy of a note that was enclosed in a bottle and thrown overboard, and which was subsequently picked up off the coast of West Australia, and which was forwarded to Mrs. Gay, in accordance with the wishes of Private S. A. Gay, of Lorne street, Moonee Ponds:

(Copy.) I, the undersigned, picked this note up on the sea beach at Rockingham, West Australia, corked up in a bottle.  

(Signed) H. A. DAY.

East Rockingham, W. A.

The paper, which contained the following was enclosed in the bottle:

"Mid Ocean, 11th of the 6th Batt.

"Private S. A. Gay, of Lorne street, Moonee Ponds; Private F. O'Callaghan, Market Hotel, Ballarat West; Private C. McDermott, 6 St. George's road, North Fitzroy; Private W. McMillan, Ferguson street, Camperdown; Corporal J. R. McLeod, 9 William street, Abbotsford; Corporal J. D. Musgrove, 9 William street, Abbotsford; Private G. Palmer, Victoria road, Collingwood; Corporal T. J. McMahon, Gnutuk Park, Camperdown; Private H. G. Nitchie, 18 Smyth street, Geelong; Private A. E. McKenzie. 5 Stevedore street, Williamstown; Private J. Macaulay, 57 Derby street, Kensington; Private H. S. Buck, Care Mrs. Harrison; Private J. McCallum, Kensington; Private Frank Neil. 49 Arthur street, Fairfield Park; Private J. P. Gay, 131 Gladstone street, South Melbourne."

WASHED UP BY THE SEA. (1915, November 18). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 5 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved January 18, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74590822

Mrs S A Gay, of Albury (formerly of Lorne street, Moonee Ponds), has been informed that her husband is in hospital suffering from neurasthenia.

OUR SOLDIERS. (1918, July 11). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved July 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74606542