Place of death over Crete Original team(s) Sixth Scouts | Name Beres Reilly | |
Full name Beresford Stanley Reilly Date of birth (1914-09-17)17 September 1914 Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria Date of death 23 July 1943(1943-07-23) (aged 28) Died July 23, 1943, Crete, Greece | ||
Beresford Stanley "Beres" Reilly (17 September 1914 – 23 July 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Representing a Victorian schoolboys team, he tried out with Footscray. He wasn't given a game and as such moved on to North Melbourne.
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.
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