Soldier profiles
Name : RIELLY, JAMES
Service Number : VX56620
Date of Birth : 01/03/1919
Place of Birth : LEICHHARDT, NSW
Known as : JIM
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 26/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : COOMA, NSW
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : CHURCH, JACK
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 18/07/1946
Date Died : 13/04/1993
Age at Death : 74
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : JAVA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0073 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6116586 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, B_CRAVEN_2.jpg, B_CRAVEN_3.jpg, B_CRAVEN_4.jpg, Past article (size 888kB)
Background : Brother of VX56621 William George Rielly (2/2 Pioneer). Late of Blacktown.
