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Ronald William SHEPHERD
1917 Ronald, Keith Shepherd
Ronald William SHEPHERD  ‎(I32)‎
Given Names: Ronald William
Surname: SHEPHERD

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 4 January 1909 25 25 -- Turton Street, Semaphore, South Australia, Australia
Death: 26 October 1917 ‎(Age 8)‎ -- Wilpena Terrace, Kilkenny, South Australia, Australia


Personal Facts and Details
Birth 4 January 1909 25 25 Turton Street, Semaphore, South Australia, Australia

Biographical Notes

Note: Ronald had nephritis at a time when there was not an effective treatment for it. The doctor advised his parents to give him a kind of shock therapy to try to stimulate the kidneys. They put him in a hot bath, then a cold bath. His brother Alan Shepherd remembered how distressing it was for him ‎(and for his mother, I'm sure)‎.
Death 26 October 1917 ‎(Age 8)‎ Wilpena Terrace, Kilkenny, South Australia, Australia

Cause of death: Bright's Disease: "Chronic Nephritis; Uraemia"
Burial Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, South Australia, Australia


Note: Ronald is buried along with his grandfather Walker and uncle Gilbert Walker in the Cheltenham Cemetery, Gate C #26.
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Parents Family  (F10)
Clement John Marsom Clem SHEPHERD
1883 - 1956
Mabel Agnes Dot WALKER
1883 - 1973
Ronald William SHEPHERD
1909 - 1917
Clement Keith SHEPHERD
1910 - 1993
Alan Gordon SHEPHERD
1912 - 1998
Florence Jean SHEPHERD
1914 - 2003
Gilbert Edmund Bert SHEPHERD
1917 - 1982
Kenneth Walker Ken SHEPHERD
1922 - 2009