Do you know where the accident happened Donald? Was Camperdown his home town or was he stationed there at the time? Cheers Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin > My grandfather Donald Smith BRUNTON married my grandmother Johann Paterson BARNET in 1877 in Ballarat. Johann was born 11 July 1857 the daughter of John BARNET and Jane Henrietta BANKS. John BARNET was a Presbyterian minister and four months after Johann's birth he drowned accidentally on 25 November 1857 and was buried in Camperdown four days later. > Would SKS be able to throw some light on this event? Newspaper item? Coroner's inquiry? AND (unlikely) would there be a headstone?