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Missing Boy Drowned
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in Victoria Australia
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Missing Boy Drowned
Updated May 27, 2025
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Patrick William Coad was born in 1950 in Williamstown, Australia to Mary Isabel Finlayson Coad and Robert James Coad. He had siblings Valerie Anne (Coad) Walker, James Coad, and Carmel Joy Coad.
He was abducted within 100 meters of his house and was last seen talking to a man who sat in his car and appeared to be asking Patrick for directions. Patrick was found drowned on South Werribee Beach the next morning on October 11, 1958.
His body was found naked, washed up on the retaining rocks at the South Werribee by a young family visiting the beach. The Coroners report stated that Patrick's body showed that he had a broken hip and extensive sea lice damage.
News papers at that date show little information. Police never found the person who was a man according to an eyewitness. See Missing Boy Drowned.
Patrick Coad was buried in October of 1958 in the Footscray cemetery in Footscay, Australia.
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Lizzie Kunde
My name is Lizzie Kunde and I am the newest member of the AncientFaces Support team!
See more info about me here: Lizzie - Community Support and I look forward to getting to know our wonderful members. Feel free to reach out with any questions, happy to help :)
My mom's side of the family is Swedish (and still lives in Sweden) and she instilled in me lots of Swedish heritage and traditions which has made me who I am today. My dad's side of the family is German and Irish and the most likely the side of the family I get all my freckles from. Family is so important, and welcome everyone to discover more about them, their history, and share about their loved ones who make up the history of who we are!
My mom's side of the family is Swedish (and still lives in Sweden) and she instilled in me lots of Swedish heritage and traditions which has made me who I am today. My dad's side of the family is German and Irish and the most likely the side of the family I get all my freckles from. Family is so important, and welcome everyone to discover more about them, their history, and share about their loved ones who make up the history of who we are!
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