3 ▁June ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁during ▁a ▁reconna issance ▁at ▁R ens ho og te ▁Farm , ▁near ▁Er m elo , ▁Re id ▁was ▁once ▁again ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁st om ach . ▁His ▁brother ▁placed ▁Re id ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁wounded ▁in ▁an ▁amb ul ance ▁cart ▁and ▁set ▁off ▁back ▁to ▁their ▁camp . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁their ▁parents , ▁written ▁after ▁Re id ' s ▁death , ▁his ▁brother ▁described ▁his ▁w ounding : ▁ ▁Three ▁days ▁later , ▁on ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁ 2 9 ▁June ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁Re id ▁died ▁of ▁his ▁w ounds ▁at ▁M idd el - K ra al : ▁his ▁brother ▁described ▁the ▁circumstances ▁in ▁his ▁letter ▁to ▁their ▁parents : ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁a ▁grave ▁especially ▁arranged ▁by ▁the ▁men ▁he ▁had ▁commanded ▁— ▁situated ▁beneath ▁a ▁cl ump ▁of ▁Australian ▁w att les , ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁wooden ▁cross ▁bearing ▁his ▁name ▁at ▁its ▁head ▁— ▁with ▁full ▁military ▁hon ours ▁in ▁a ▁ceremony , ▁attended ▁by ▁his ▁command ing ▁officer ▁Colonel ▁Campbell ▁and ▁his ▁staff , ▁represent atives ▁of ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁reg iments ▁compr ising ▁the ▁Six th ▁W . A . M . I ., ▁conducted ▁by ▁regiment al ▁chap lain ▁and ▁Re id ' s ▁old ▁friend , ▁Mr . ▁Col lick . ▁ ▁A ▁fellow ▁officer , ▁Lieutenant ▁Bernard ▁B ard well , ▁reported ▁that ▁" H is ▁brother , ▁the ▁doctor , ▁was ▁almost