Beres Reilly Explained
Beres Reilly |
Fullname: | Beresford Stanley Reilly |
Birth Date: | 17 September 1914 |
Birth Place: | South Melbourne, Victoria |
Death Place: | Ierapetra, Crete |
Originalteam: | Sixth Scouts |
Height: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 71 kg |
Position: | Wing / Rover |
Statsend: | 1938 |
Years1: | 1935–1936 |
Games Goals1: | 8 (2) |
Years2: | 1937 |
Games Goals2: | 3 (1) |
Years3: | 1938 |
Games Goals3: | 2 (0) |
Games Goalstotal: | 13 (3) |
Beresford Stanley "Beres" Reilly (17 September 1914 – 23 July 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The third of the five children of William John Reilly (1882–1964),[1] and Winifred Frances Reilly (1886–1964), née Knopp,[2] Beresford Stanley Reilly was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 17 September 1914.
He married Mary Margaret Purves on 4 January 1941.[3]
Football
Representing a Victorian schoolboys team, he tried out for the Footscray Football Club. He wasn't given a game and as such moved on to North Melbourne.
Military service
He was a good friend of Keith Truscott, who was also killed in World War II. Serving as a Pilot Officer in the RAAF, Reilly was killed when his Martin Baltimore aircraft crashed over Crete. All 4 on board died in the crash.[4] [5] [6] [7]
See also
References
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Main, J. & Allen, D., "Reilly, Beresford", pp. 323–326 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Pilot Officer Beresford Stanley Reilly (401583), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- World War Two Service Record: Pilot Officer Beresford Stanley Reilly (401583), National Archives of Australia.
- World War Two Casualty/Repatriation Record: Pilot Officer Beresford Stanley Reilly (401583), National Archives of Australia.
- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Pilot Officer Beresford Stanley Reilly (401583).
External links
Notes and References
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n3tVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5250%2C218575 Deaths: Reilly, The Age, (Tuesday, 2 June 1964), p.20.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q3tVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jpYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5556%2C2607912 Deaths: Reilly, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 June 1964), p.16.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8173255 All-White Ensemble Worn by Bride: Reilly—Purves, The Argus, (Monday, 6 January 1941), p.6.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11812526 RAAF Casualties: Overseas: Previously Missing, Now Presumed Dead: Reilly, The Argus, (Monday, 27 March 1944), p.5.
- Web site: Beresford Stanley Reilly . rafcommands.com . 14 February 2020.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11817882 Deaths: Reilly, The Argus, (Tuesday, 16 May 1944), p.2.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1672030 In Memoriam: Roll of Honour – On Active Service: Reilly, The Argus, (Tuesday, 23 July 1946), p.15.