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Flight Sergeant JOSEPH O'REILLY

Service Number: 570874
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1946

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

13. A. 8.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sylvester Joseph and Marie Stella O'Reilly, of Limerick, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT AND GLORY SHINE ON HIM. MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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