About Beres Reilly
Lived 1914 – 1943 (aged 28). Beres Reilly was an australian rules football player.
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), and Winifred Frances Reilly (1886–1964), née Knopp, Beresford Stanley Reilly was born at South Melbourne, Victoria on 17 September 1914.
He married Mary Margaret Purves on 4 January 1941.
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.
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Who was Beres Reilly?
Australian rules footballer (1914-1943)
When was Beres Reilly born?
Beres Reilly was born on 17 September 1914 in South Melbourne.
When did Beres Reilly die?
Beres Reilly died on 23 July 1943 in Ierapetra.
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Beres Reilly was an australian rules football player.
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