A mother reminded of the last conversation she had with her rowing son on the morning before he died.
Edward Milear, 17, died after collapse on Tuesday during a training session with the second XIII rowing team of Melbourne Grammar on the Yarra River.
Bystanders managed CPR until Ed was brought to the Alfred Hospital on Tuesday evening.
But the schoolboy died tragically at 3 o'clock on Wednesday surrounded by his family.
His mother, Dimity Millear, said she had dropped off at school that morning and he told her: “I love you. See you tonight '.
Mrs Millear said she had received a lot of support from the families of Ed's friends, coaches and employees and the broader community of the prestigious school.
“Ed loved his family, his friends, rowing, rugby and his girlfriend Mackenzie,” she told the Herald Sun.
“They all made him the beautiful young man he was.”
Ed Millear (photo), a student of the year 12 at the Melbourne Grammar School, died Tuesday afternoon
Seven students manned a bowl with ED's chair filled by a bouquet of white flowers on Saturday
More than 100 students and parents were on Saturday along the banks of the Yarra River in the Australian Henley Regatta, in an emotional return to racing in the city.
Ed's former teammates led a procession along the river after the races of the day.
The boat was manned by only seven rowers, with a bouquet of white flowers in Ed's chair, and the crew kept a minute of silence for the memory of their partner.
Flowers tribute also stood along the Melbourne -Grammatica –Tschuur on Bathouse Drive and parents saw tears wiping out of their eyes while they went back from the river bank.
Last week Melbourne Grammar director Phillip Grutzner said that students who were affected by the loss would receive support from the school.
“The school community is in mourning for this great young man, taken too quickly,” Mr Grutzner said in a statement on Wednesday.
'He was a cheerful, friendly and easy person who showed great care and empathy for his fellow students and for others through enthusiastic participation in service activities.
'In relation to his studies, he was hard -working and diligent. He aimed for a career in the trade sector in the future.
It is understood that the 17-year-old (photo) had just completed a training session on a rowing machine before he collapsed on the school shed of the school
Ed is depicted with his rowing team
“He was an avid rugby player and played in the first XV last year, and a valued member of the second XIII rowing team.”
Ed is survived by mother, dimity, father, spencer and brothers and sisters, Simon and Eleanor.
The family also thanked the paramedics who tried to breathe new life into ED on the boat shed.
Ed recently participated in Nagambie in the north of the state as part of the second eight of the school and would participate in the Australian Henley Regatta this weekend.
His family had a long-term connection with the school with ED's great-great-great-great-great-grandfather who graduated from Melbourne Grammar in 1884.
