FatherKennis (or Kenneth) Reid1 b. c 1856
MotherMary Donoghue1 b. c 1858
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Patrick Reid was born in 1890 in Mooroopna, Victoria.1,2 
He died on 29 January 1902 in Shepparton, Victoria.3,4 

Story

Drowned in the Goulburn River
On Wednesday 29 January 1902, eleven year old Patrick Reid was swimming with friends in the Goulburn River at Shepparton when he got into difficulty and drowned. Police dragged the river for four hours without recovering the body. It was later recovered by local resident John Currey, a recently returned Boer War soldier. A magisterial inquiry returned a verdict of accidental drowning.4,5,6
 
Patrick Reid was buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Shepparton Public cemetery on 31 January 1902.7
 
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Citations

  1. [S221] John Francis Reid, birth registration no. 31556, 11 November 1894.
  2. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Patrick Reid entry, birth registration no. 25669, 1890.
  3. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Patk' Reid entry, death registration no. 3426, 1902.
  4. [S427] 'A youth drowned', Benalla Standard, 1901-1931, newspaper, A Curtis, 31 January 1902, p. 2, viewed 5 September 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155253923
  5. [S171] 'A bather drowned', The Age, 1854-, newspaper, 30 January 1902, p. 7, viewed 5 September 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197258096
  6. [S427] 'District news: Goulburn Valley', Benalla Standard, 1901-1931, newspaper, A Curtis, 4 February 1902, p. 3, viewed 5 September 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155252352
  7. [S78] Shepparton Public Cemetery, cemetery and register, Patrick Reid entry, Roman Catholic section, grave D63.
  8. [S425] 'District intelligence: Shepparton', Numurkah Leader, 1895-1948, newspaper, 28 February 1902, p. 7, viewed 5 September 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186757678