O'LEARY, Bryan Edward John
| Service Number: | 429824 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 6 July 1923 |
| Home Town: | Balhannah, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sisters of Mercy Mount Barker, Rostrevor College |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Balhannah WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Sep 1942: | Involvement Flying Officer, 429824 | |
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| 12 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 12 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 429824 | |
| 6 Sep 1945: | Discharged | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross |
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Pilot-Officer Bryan O'Leary,
Distinguished Flying Cross
It is with pleasure that we record that Pilot Officer Bryan O'Leary (popularly known as "Barney" to hundreds of Rostrevor Old Boys) has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Bryan received his early education from the Sisters of Mercy at Mount Barker, where the foundations of a truly Christian upbringing were care fully laid and nurtured. In 1935 he went to Rostrevor College as a boarder and remained there until 1942. During that time he took an, active part in College life and passed Intermediate and Leaving Certificate Examinations. He represented the College in first grade cricket and football, and was a College Prefect.
Appended is the citation in which his parents, Mrs., and Mrs. L. O'Leary, of Balhannah, received word, of the award of the coveted D.F.C.:
"Pilot Officer O'Leary has completed numerous operations against the enemy, In the course of which he, has invariably displayed the utmost, fortitude, courage and devotion to duty."
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