Raymond James Farrelly, 19221943 (aged 21 years)

Name
Raymond James /Farrelly/
Given names
Raymond James
Surname
Farrelly
Birth
1922 38 36
Death of a paternal grandfather
Death of a paternal grandmother
Burial of a father
Hamilton Park Cemetery, Hamilton, New Zealand
Latitude: -37.78333 Longitude: 175.28333
Address line 2: Hamilton Park Cemetery
City: Hamilton
Country: New Zealand
Burial of a mother
Hamilton Park Cemetery, Hamilton, New Zealand
Latitude: -37.78333 Longitude: 175.28333
Address line 2: Hamilton Park Cemetery
City: Hamilton
Country: New Zealand
Death
Country: The Netherlands
Family with parents
father
mother
elder sister
14 months
elder sister
19131981
Birth: 18 May 1913 29 27
Death: 11 November 1981Rotorua, New Zealand
7 years
elder brother
19202001
Birth: 1 June 1920 36 34
Death: 19 August 2001
-23 months
elder brother
sister
Private
himself
19221943
Birth: 1922 38 36
Death: 22 October 1943The Netherlands
Shared note

Service Number: 40380
First Name: Raymond James
Surname: Farrelly
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Date of Birth: Not known
Nationality of Force: New Zealand
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details
Date of death: 22 October 1943
Age: 21
Conflict: WW2
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Embarkation Details
Body of Embarkation: Royal New Zealand Air Force

Cemetery
Cemetery: Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 56.
Country: Netherlands

Shared note

Night Attack by the Royal Air Force on Kassel 22/23 October 1943

Halifax LW259 (158 Squadron). Shot down by flak and crashed 19:50 at Goudswaard (Zuid-Holland), 16km SW of Rotterdam. The crew rests in Crooswijk General Cemetery.

The crew:
Pilot Officer Barrington Horsfield Marshall
Sergeant William Hartley
Flight Sergeant Robert Alexander Nield RAAF
Flight Sergeant Raymond James Farrelly RNZAF
Sergeant George Prosser Finlay
Sergeant Charles Henry Morgan Wilson
Flying Officer Edwin Arthur Harris RAAF

Their headstones are at the Crooswijk General Cemetery in Rotterdam.