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James Patrick Gallery O'Reilly

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant James Patrick Gallery O'Reilly

June 22, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/154098

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

429 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Born:

December 12, 1920
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

February 13, 1942
Montreal, Quebec

Son of James and Mary O'Reilly, of Montreal, Quebec.

Brother of John James O'Reilly who was killed in action on April 23, 1945 while serving with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment.

Commemorated on Page 200 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Row F. Grave 1.

Location:

The port of Flushing is on the south coast of the island of Walcheren in the Schelde Estuary. It is about 7 kilometres south of Middelburg and 58 kilometres west of Bergen-op-Zoom. The FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre north of the town centre.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant James Patrick Gallery O'Reilly is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant James Patrick Gallery O'Reilly is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of JAMES PATRICK GALLERY O'REILLY– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– The crew of HZ519 from left to right included:  F/Sgt Ernest A. Star (Pilot) who has no known grave, F/Sgt John Kopchuk (Navigator), F/Sgt Casimir F. Orlinski (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner),
F/Sgt James P. O'Reilly (Bomb Aimer),
F/Sgt William G. Parkinson (Air gunner) who has no know grave.

Submitted by Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo provided by Pieter Schlebaum, The Netherlands.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Gazette.  Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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