JOSHUA Lynam, one of four recent Stanthorpe victims of apparent poisoning, has been discharged from hospital and is recovering with his family and friends.

In a statement released to the media yesterday his father, Bill, said Joshua was "shocked and fragile" but that his eyesight seems to be okay and he is no longer in danger.

"It has been a terrible few days for the family and we're just thankful that Joshua is going to be okay," Mr Lynam said.

"We would like the media to respect our privacy.

"People can probably understand that we are grieving about the loss of Joel and his and Joshua' friends Bryan Wilmot and Vincent Summers."

Mr Lynam said the four had been celebrating a friend's birthday at a waterhole on the property.

They had taken with them two litres of homebrew liquor.

One of the victims, Bryan Wilmot, apparently became ill during the afternoon and he went home with a female friend.

Unbeknownst to Bill or the other men, Bryan's condition worsened and his friends took him to Stanthorpe Hospital for treatment.

In his statement Mr Lynam said that apparently later that day the other three began to feel ill and went to bed.

At about 3 AM Bill awoke to sounds and movement in the house and found his sons Joel and Joshua unwell.

He and Joshua then checked on Vincent who was also ill.

Bill said that when they checked again on Joel a few minutes later he had stopped breathing.

He dialled triple zero for the ambulance.

While the ambulance was on its way, under an officer's instruction over the phone, Bill administered CPR to his son.

Joshua managed to find a mask used for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation that he and his brother had through their membership of the local volunteer St John's Ambulance Brigade.

Bill administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Joel.

However, these efforts failed to get Joel breathing and, when the ambulance arrived, they were also unable to revive him.

Police were called and arrived at around daylight.

When it became apparent that the condition of both Joshua and Vincent was deteriorating, the police recalled the ambulance, which came quickly and evacuated them to hospital where they were treated for poisoning.

They were later airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane.

The Lynam family have owned the Puglisi Lane property for two generations.

Bill's wife Marilyn - Joel and Joshua's mother - died a few months ago after a long battle with cancer.

Mr Lynam has asked the media to respect the privacy of his family at this time, particularly as a police investigation into the alcohol incident is continuing.