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Military service
Service number:
J/6970
Age:
27
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
59 Sqdn.
Birth:
April 21, 1915
Longford County
Enlistment:
October 15, 1940
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
May 30, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 101.
Additional information
Son of James and Mary Reilly of Edmonton, Alberta. Brother of Tim, Vincent, Lillian, Anne and Mary.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 2 May 1946.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer James Joseph Reilly
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Joseph Reilly
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer James Joseph Reilly
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 109 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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