Beres Reilly

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).

Beres Reilly
Personal information
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)
Place of death Ierapetra, Crete
Original team(s) Sixth Scouts
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Position(s) Wing / Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1936 North Melbourne 08 (2)
1937 Melbourne 03 (1)
1938 St Kilda 02 (0)
Total 13 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

Notes
  1. Deaths: Reilly, The Age, (Tuesday, 2 June 1964), p.20.
  2. Deaths: Reilly, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 June 1964), p.16.
  3. All-White Ensemble Worn by Bride: Reilly—Purves, The Argus, (Monday, 6 January 1941), p.6.
  4. RAAF Casualties: Overseas: Previously Missing, Now Presumed Dead: Reilly, The Argus, (Monday, 27 March 1944), p.5.
  5. "Beresford Stanley Reilly". rafcommands.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. Deaths: Reilly, The Argus, (Tuesday, 16 May 1944), p.2.
  7. In Memoriam: Roll of Honour — On Active Service: Reilly, The Argus, (Tuesday, 23 July 1946), p.15.

References
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